JSngry Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Not only does it shake, rattle and roll, it swings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Excellent!! This one ain't shabby either...Dailymotion with Jimmy Rowles, Bucky Pizzarelli, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnivore Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 It was fine as things go but I think Lock pretty much phoned that one in......a bit 'ho hum' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Having heard about a megagazillion Lockjaw blues choruses over the years, I respectfully but emphatically disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnivore Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 based on what we know Lockjaw was capable of, the solo could be described as 'workmanlike' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 or concise, swinging, and original in phrasing, choice of melodic lines, and sound and inflections. It was a vocal feature with a two (?) chorus tenor solo in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Three. & his harmonic-relative-to-the rhythm gamesmanship is on above-average display here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 It was okay, but not near OMG level, imo. I've heard Lockjaw play stuff that would place this one on the cutting room floor in a NY minute. Leon Thomas before he resorted to the yodeling gimmick—very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I didn't even know that Leon Thomas sang with Basie. How long was he with him? It was kind of cool to see people dancing to Basie's music. I think that with all the concert recordings, we sometimes forget what a great *dance* band he had. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 It was okay, but not near OMG level, imo. Nor in mine, thus the "GOOD God!!!!" designation. There is a hierarchy, doncha' know... But seriously, this is my favorite tempo to hear Jaws play in. He was totally adept at any one, of course, but something about that medium, locked in the pocket walking tempo brought out something special in his phrasing, it seems to me. A less symmetrical use of space sometimes, and a little bit more "working" of his standard "devices". That, and his internal accents could really be heard more easily, not just felt. What a player he was...wholly unique, one of the rare, special ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 What a player he was...wholly unique, one of the rare, special ones. I'm with you, Jim. Jaws was a giant - too often taken for granted. What a sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 One of the really original players within the idiom he encountered. Not that common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Either Booker Ervin in a Blindfold Test or Dexter Gordon in a conversation with yours truly (I no longer recall which): "Damn -- that Jaws plays backwards!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 I'd guess Dexter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 They were really swingin'; thanks for the link. The dancers seemed to be operating at half speed however. There was also an adjoining clip where Lockjaw really hit it on Cherokee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Lockjaw's triplets always slay me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 I was lucky I saw "Lock the Fox" quite often when he was alive. Always liked his phrasings, he had a special kind of humour in his playing. One of the most unusual encounters from Lockjaws discography is his set with Miles Davis from Birdland 1951 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Along with the usual things,I have a pretty smokin' live set/boot: Sonny Stitt - Eddie Lockjaw Davis New Orleans Jazz Fest. 5/8/82 1. The Song Is You 11:03 2. S'Wonderful 8:47 3. Sonny's Blues 13:14 4. Stardust / On A Clear Day 10:28 5. Just Friends 7:59 Sonny Stitt - Tenor & Alto Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Tenor Cedar Walton - Piano Buster Williams - Bass James Black - Drums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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