Tough Tenors Back Again!, by Johnny Griffin & Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Tough Tenors Back Again!

by Johnny Griffin & Eddie Lockjaw Davis

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1.	Blues Up And Down 10:50	buy track
2.	Oh, Gee 09:58	buy track
3.	Call It What You Wanna 10:42	buy track
4.	Funky Fluke 12:13	buy track
5.	Hey Lock 14:43	buy track
6.	Lester Leaps In 11:18	buy track
7.	Intermission Riif 03:21	buy track

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Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Recorded at Montmatre Copenhagen, July 10, 1984

The sense of complete commitment comes across in every bar of the music created by the two men. Despite his move to Europe in the Sixties, Griffin made regular trips back across the Atlantic for specific engagements. On these gigs he has usually been backed by a rythm section containing drummer Kenny Washington and often Curtis Lundy and pianist Mulgrew Miller. In 1984 the piano stool was occupied by Harry Pickens, a hard driving player ideally suited to the leaders; a year after the band played at Copenhagen's Montmatre (where these present tracks were recorded).

Sadly music such as this cannot be repeated for Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis passed away on 3 November, 1986 at the age of 65. The jazz world mourned the passing of a talented, likeable and unique figure but Johnny Griffin continues to keep the flag flying for those who believe in virile, exciting music. Griff told Valerie Wilmer "I'm just a hornblower. I write some nice ballads but actually I'm just a hornblower. Give me a good blues tune and a swinging rythm section and that's all I want. I don't care about arrangements. Beacuse this is jazz - spontaneous expression. How you feel now".

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released June 16, 2008

Johnny Griffin - Tenorsax
Ediie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Tenorsax
Harry Pickens - Piano
Curtis Lundy - Bass
Kenny Washington - Drums

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Storyville Records Denmark

Storyville Records is Europe’s oldest independent jazz label. It releases a rich variety of jazz, blues and related musical genres, often accompanied by authoritative notes and rare extras. This iconic label was founded in 1952 in Denmark and today continues to augment its historic catalogue of recordings made by American jazz and blues legends with new releases from contemporary jazz artists. ... more

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