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Afro-Jaws

Studio album by
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Released

1961

Recorded

May 4 & 12, 1960
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:00

Label

Riverside
RLP 373

Producer

Orrin Keepnews

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology

Misty
(1960)

Afro-Jaws
(1961)

Battle Stations
(1960)

Afro-Jaws is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in 1961 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source

Rating

Allmusic

[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album four stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "The Afro-Cuban setting is perfect for the tough-toned tenor, who romps through the infectious tunes".[2]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Gil Lopez except as indicated

  1. "Wild Rice" - 4:53
  2. "Guanco Lament" - 5:18
  3. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 5:10
  4. "Jazz-A-Samba" - 4:14
  5. "Alma Alegre" - 5:24
  6. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:20
  7. "Afro-Jaws" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 7:36

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed July 17, 2012
  • ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Afro-Jaws reviewatAllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  • ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

    • Studio albums

  • Jaws (1958)
  • Cookbook, Vol. 2 (1958)
  • Cookbook Volume 3 (1958)
  • Smokin' (1958)
  • Very Saxy (1959)
  • Jaws in Orbit (1959)
  • Bacalao (1959)
  • With Shirley Scott (1960)
  • Misty (1960)
  • Afro-Jaws (1960)
  • Battle Stations (1960)
  • Trane Whistle (1960)
  • Tough Tenors (1960)
  • Griff & Lock (1960)
  • The Midnight Show (1961)
  • Lookin' at Monk! (1961)
  • Blues Up & Down (1961)
  • Tough Tenor Favorites (1962)
  • Jawbreakers (1962)
  • Goin' to the Meeting (1962)
  • I Only Have Eyes for You (1962)
  • Trackin' (1962)
  • Lock, the Fox (1966)
  • The Fox & the Hounds (1967)
  • Love Calls (1968)
  • Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (1970)

    • Live albums

  • The First Set (1961)
  • The Tenor Scene (1961)
  • The Late Show (1961)
  • The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (1975)
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
  • Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (1983)

    • Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

    As
    leader
    or
    co-leader

  • Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957)
  • Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (1957)
  • Duke with a Difference (1957)
  • In Orbit (1958)
  • Top and Bottom Brass (1959)
  • Tate-a-Tate (and Buddy Tate, 1960)
  • Color Changes (1960)
  • Everything's Mellow (1961)
  • Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (1962)
  • Back in Bean's Bag (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)
  • 3 in Jazz (split album with Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins, 1963)
  • Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964)
  • The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (1964)
  • Tonight (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1964)
  • The Power of Positive Swinging (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1965)
  • Gingerbread Men (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1966)
  • Mumbles (1966)
  • Soul Duo (and Shirley Scott, 1966)
  • Spanish Rice (and Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
  • It's What's Happenin' (1967)
  • Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975)
  • Ain't Misbehavin' (1979)
  • Mother———! Mother———!! (1979)
  • Memories of Duke (1980)

    • With
    Duke
    Ellington

  • Premiered by Ellington (1953)
  • Ellington '55 (1953–54)
  • Dance to the Duke! (1953–54)
  • Ellington Showcase (1953–55)
  • A Drum Is a Woman (1956)
  • Blue Rose (1956)
  • Ellington at Newport (1956)
  • Such Sweet Thunder (1957)
  • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
  • All Star Road Band (1957)
  • Ellington Indigos (1957)
  • Black, Brown and Beige (1958)
  • Blues in Orbit (1958–59)
  • Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958)
  • The Cosmic Scene (1958)
  • Festival Session (1959)
  • The Ellington Suites (1959)
  • The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (1967)

    • With
    Johnny
    Hodges

  • Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
  • Duke's in Bed (1956)
  • The Big Sound (1957)
  • Big Bags (with Milt Jackson, 1962)
  • For Someone I Love (with Milt Jackson, 1963)
  • Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)

    • With
    Quincy
    Jones

  • I Dig Dancers (1960)
  • The Quintessence (1961)
  • Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
  • Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (1962–63)
  • Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
  • Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1959–65)
  • The Hot Rock (1972)

    • With
    Herbie
    Mann

  • Latin Fever (1962–64)
  • My Kinda Groove (1964)
  • The Beat Goes On (1964–67)
  • The Herbie Mann String Album (1964–67)

    • With
    Oliver
    Nelson

  • Full Nelson (1962–63)
  • Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
  • Happenings (with Hank Jones, 1966)
  • Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
  • The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
  • The Spirit of '67 (with Pee Wee Russell, 1967)

    • With
    others

  • Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
  • Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons, 1961)
  • Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
  • Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
  • One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960)
  • Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
  • Goodies (George Benson, 1968)
  • Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo, 1968)
  • Jam Session (Clifford Brown, 1954)
  • Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown, 1964)
  • Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
  • Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd, 1963)
  • Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn, 1960)
  • The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron, 1962)
  • Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
  • Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
  • Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
  • Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald, 1980–81)
  • Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz, 1962)
  • Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
  • Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
  • Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
  • Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves, 1957)
  • The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960)
  • White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
  • Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin, 1993)
  • The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton, 1966)
  • It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
  • You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
  • Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960)
  • Friends Old and New (John Hicks, 1992)
  • Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP, 1983)
  • Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
  • J.J.! (J.J. Johnson, 1964)
  • Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
  • Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
  • Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones, 1977)
  • Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962)
  • At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
  • The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef, 1960)
  • Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe, 1960)
  • Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
  • The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance, 1962)
  • The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
  • Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
  • Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus, 1960)
  • The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
  • Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61)
  • A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
  • Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1965)
  • Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
  • Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan, 1962)
  • That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy, 1962)
  • Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
  • Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
  • The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
  • The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
  • Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford, 1954)
  • The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner, 1974)
  • Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
  • Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
  • Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
  • New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
  • Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
  • Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith, 1963)
  • The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
  • I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
  • Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959)
  • New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor, 1961)
  • Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
  • Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966)
  • Devil May Care (Teri Thornton, 1960–61)
  • Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
  • Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner, 1963)
  • Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954)
  • Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
  • At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams, 1963)
  • New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)
  • Kai Olé (Kai Winding, 1961)
  • The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode, 1957)


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