Eddie “Lockjaw“Davis and Morris Lane - Kickin‘and Wailin‘ (1962) [re-rip]

For all those bop lovers and ‘Lockjaw’ fans here’s a rare opportunity to hear Eddie Davis way before he claimed his jaws and started his ever so popular career churning out some of the best classic hard bop and soul jazz albums emerging out of the late fifties and the sixties. Anyone familiar with his style and energy will soon recognize the dynamic ability and poise he had back then only to improve and mellow. The tunes are typically short but not in any way entertaining. Some were to become his trademarks for later. The sound for the era is mono with noticeable sound imperfections. However with a bit of TLC, this bunch of compositions shapes up well for even most discerning listener. This album is essentially a compilation of his earlier works and is completed with the last four tracks taken from the same period of another great tenor player in that of Morris Lane. In the end any jazz enthusiast can relish in these classic sounds.

Continental Records, CLP 16001, 1962

Recorded during 1947 through to 1948

Personnel:

Eddie Davis and His Quartet

poss. Benny Harris (tp) Eddie Davis (ts) John Acea (p) Gene Ramey (b) Butch Ballard (dr)

New York, 1947/48

Morris Lane and his Orchestra: Morris Lane (ts) + Unknown Small Combo

New York, c. 1947

Info: http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/eddie-lockjaw-davis-this-is-start-to.html

or see included Session Info & Releases.txt

Side A:

A1. Leapin' On Lenox (3:00)

A2. He's A Real Gone Guy (3:02)

A3. Ravin' At The Haven (2:25)

A4. Minton's Madhouse (2:22)

A5. But Beautiful (3:06)

A6. Lockjaw's Bounce (2:39)

Side B:

B1. Huckle Bug (3:08)

B2. Music Goes Down And Round (2:57)

B3. After Hours Bounce (2:16)

B4. Big Trees (2:24)

B5. Sellout (2:40)

B6. Summertime (2:57)

The Changing Face Of Harlem (24/48 vinyl rip)

An utterly terrific set that would cost a minor fortune to replicate! Almost like taking a walk down 52nd Street in 1944. The close proximity of recording dates on the majority of these sessions (mid to late 1944) suggests to me that they are part of the rush to the studios at the end of the first musician's union ban on recording.

"This double LP from 1976 features 32 selections taken from the later years of World War II, when swing was gradually turning into bop. There are sessions by the Buck Ram All-Stars, altoist Pete Brown, trumpeter Hot Lips Page, tenor-saxophonists Ben Webster and Herbie Fields, guitarist Tiny Grimes, singer Miss Rhapsody and trumpeter Benny Harris. The sidemen feature many illustrious names including trumpeters Frankie Newton and Emmett Berry, trombonists Tyree Glenn and Vic Dickenson, altoist Earl Bostic, Don Byas, Budd Johnson and Ike Quebec on tenors, vibraphonist Red Norvo, pianists Teddy Wilson and Johnny Guarnieri and (on two of the Tiny Grimes recordings) altoist Charlie Parker. Since the contents of this very enjoyable and historical two-fer have not been coherently reissued on CD, this is one to search for." AMG