Lockjaw!!!!!

[JSngry]

[mikelz777]

Not only does it shake, rattle and roll, it swings!

[brownie]

Excellent!!

This one ain't shabby either...Dailymotion

with Jimmy Rowles, Bucky Pizzarelli, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne!

[carnivore]

It was fine as things go but I think Lock pretty much phoned that one in......a bit 'ho hum'

[JSngry]

Having heard about a megagazillion Lockjaw blues choruses over the years, I respectfully but emphatically disagree.

[carnivore]

based on what we know Lockjaw was capable of, the solo could be described as 'workmanlike'

[flat5]

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.

[JSngry]

Three.

& his harmonic-relative-to-the rhythm gamesmanship is on above-average display here.

[Christiern]

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.

[gmonahan]

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

[JSngry]

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.

[Stereojack]

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!

[Chuck Nessa]

One of the really original players within the idiom he encountered. Not that common.

[Larry Kart]

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!"

[Chuck Nessa]

I'd guess Dexter.

[Brad]

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.

[CJ Shearn]

Lockjaw's triplets always slay me

[Gheorghe]

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

[marcello]

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