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Released
  
1959

Very Saxy (1959)
  
Jaws in Orbit (1959)

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Prestige Records

Length
  
38:27

Artist
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 29, 1959 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Similar
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis albums, Jazz albums

Very Saxy is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection. The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "a historic and hard-swinging jam session... the four tenors battle it out and the results are quite exciting".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and George Duvivier except as indicated

  1. "Very Saxy" - 8:18
  2. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 6:15
  3. "Fourmost" (Shirley Scott) - 5:22
  4. "Foot Pattin'" (Duvivier) - 8:53
  5. "Light and Lovely" - 9:55

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
  • Buddy Tate - tenor saxophone
  • Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
  • Arnett Cobb - tenor saxophone
  • Shirley Scott - organ
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Arthur Edgehill - drums

    • References

    Very Saxy Wikipedia
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