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Griff & Lock is an album by saxophonists Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on the Jazzland label. The original sessions were produced by Orrin Keepnews and were recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City on November 4 & 10, 1960. The engineer was Ray Fowler and the cover designs were by Ken Deardoff and Donald Silverstein.
The three studio albums recorded for Jazzland by the aptly named Tough Tenors, Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, and their calorific Junior Mance-Larry Gales-Ben Riley rhythm section epitomize what this incendiary group was about ~ Swinging! They are at the height of their game together.
Track Listing 1. The Last Train from Overbrook (James Moody) 6:51 2. Hey Lock! (Eddie Davis) 7:56 3. Midnight at Minton’s (Paul Gonzales) 4:20 4. Second Balcony Jump (Gerry Valentine) 5:24 5. I’ll Remember April (Raye-DePaul-Johnston) 6:33 6. Good Bait (Dameron-Basie) 7:39 Personnel Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Johnny Griffin ~ tenor saxophone Junior Mance ~ piano Larry Gales ~ bass Ben Riley ~ drums
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Three Wishes
The Baroness inquired of Flip Stewart what he would wish for if he had three wishes and he replied:
- “A good gig, playing with cats I can really stretch out with ~ who cook!”
- “I have a daughter. I wish I could get he set up so things’d be nice for her when she gets ready to go to college. She’s ten and she plays the piano.”
- “I want to get myself straightened out.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Jo Jones Trio is an album recorded by drummer Jo Jones who was joined by the Bryant brothers in New York City during March 1959. The LP was released by Everest Records and Raymond Scott was the producer on this session. On this album, the trio gives an indication of the varying kinds of approaches and material they can play.
Track Listing | 39:27
- Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey)
- My Blue Heaven (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting)
- Jive at Five (Count Basie, Harry Edison)
- Greensleeves (Traditional)
- When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar Aaron Swan)
- Philadelphia Bound (Ray Bryant)
- Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere)
- I Got Rhythm – Part I (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
- I Got Rhythm – Part II (Gershwin, Gershwin)
- Embraceable You (Gershwin, Gershwin)
- Bebop Irishman (Bryant)
- Little Susie (Bryant, Jo Jones, Tom Bryant)
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Three Wishes
George Tucker was asked by Nica of his three wishes and he replied:
- “I wish everybody health and happiness, and particularly my mother.”
- “I wish for the jazz business to progress and be more fruitful.”
- “I wish to be able to express more love through music.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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The Driving Louis Bellson (also released as The Hawk Talks) is an album by drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in New York City on February 2, 1955, and released that same year on the Norgran label. Norman Granz produced the 33:23 minute session.
Tracks
- Basie – 6:18
- Charlie O – 4:47
- All Right (Benny Goodman) – 5:14
- The Hawk Talks – 3:52
- Festivale – 4:08
- Greetings – 5:10
- Mambo a la Louis Bellson (Ralph Martin, Mike Alexander) – 3:59
- Louis Bellson – drums
- Charlie Shavers – trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 6)
- Nate Brown – flute (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
- Sid Brown – bass clarinet (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
- Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 6)
- Lou Stein – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Sabu Martinez – congas, bongos (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
- Alexander Delannay, Cyril Jackson, Joe Comadore – congas (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
- Mike Alexander, Rod Clavery, Alfonso Marshall – congas, steel drums (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
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