Live at Minton's -- First Set

Live at Minton's -- First Set Artist: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Johnny Griffin
Label: Prestige
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 025218520621
EAN: 0025218520621
ASIN: B000009NWL


Release Date: 1998-08-18

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Listmania:

  1. Live Tenors! From Birdland and Other Classic Joints
  2. My Favorite Jazz Albums

Tracks:

  1. Billie's Bounce
  2. Epistrophy
  3. Well, You Needn't
  4. In Walked Bud
  5. Land Of Dreams
  6. Bean O
  7. Robbins Nest
  8. Our Delight
  9. Dee Dee's Dance
  10. Epistrophy

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars THIS IS A GREAT ONE!.......2004-04-06

Great tenor sax record. These guys really play on this one. A must for any Hard Bop collection.

5 out of 5 stars FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECE.......2002-01-27

One of the lost jewels of the bebop era, this masterpiece features the bossest tenors in the business, plus blues-drenched Junior Mance at the keyboard, for a dazzling live set so full of passion you can hardly stay in your seat. Both tenors were at the top of their form, never better than when they were together, drawing out the fire in each other, not so much in competition as in mutual respect. Griffin is a technician advanced as Coltrane or Rollins in his melodic agility. Lockjaw Davis has, well, the jaws. His embrochure and tone are only rivalled by Ben Webster: but while Ben is the poet, Lockjaw is the virtuoso. Together, Lockjaw and Grif burn brighter than any tenor tandem in bebop, and that includes the bosses, Stitt and Ammons.

This tenor tandem recorded at least ten albums together. Noteworthy is their selection of tunes. While most tenor duos jammed on simple riffs, these two chose the complex melodies and harmonics of Thelonious Monk. This music is both emotional and intellectually challenging. The crowd at Minton's that night was really into the music, and their backround presence on the recording only makes the music more gritty, more real. And you are right there! This quintet ought to be rediscovered NOW!

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