Shirley Davis

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott - The Complete Cookbook Sessions (1958) [3CD] {2010 Solar Records Edition}
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© 2010 Solar Records / Prestige | 4569870
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone / Organ Hammond B-3

This release presents the complete Cookbook sessions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in a quartet/quintet format with Shirley Scott on organ and, on some tracks, Jerome Richardson on flute, as well as tenor and baritone sax. This is the first time that all of this material is contained on a single set and in the order in which it was recorded. This set includes the complete contents of the original LPs The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (Vols. 1 to 3; Prestige 7141, 7161 & 7219), Jaws (Prestige 7154) & Smokin' (Prestige 7301), plus all of the other songs from the sessions; and a quartet set by the exact same personnel (but with Scott on piano instead of organ) added as a bonus.

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott - Bacalao (1959) {Prestige OJCCD-1090-2 rel 2003}
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© 1959, 2003 Prestige Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-1090-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone / Organ

When it came to tenor saxophonists, the late organist Shirley Scott had excellent taste. One of the big-toned tenor men she worked with extensively was Stanley Turrentine, whom she married; another was Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Recorded in Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey studio in 1959, Bacalao is among the many solid hard bop/soul-jazz albums that resulted from Davis' association with Scott. The two of them enjoyed an incredibly strong rapport in the late '50s and early '60s, and they are very much in sync on Bacalao (which unites them with bassist George Duvivier, drummer Arthur Edgehill, and two Latin percussion men: Luis Perez and salsa giant Ray Barretto).

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Goin' To The Meetin' (1960-62) {Prestige PRCD-24259-2 rel 2001}
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© 1960-62, 2001 Moodsville / Prestige / Fantasy | PRCD-24259-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone / Organ Hammond B-3

This Fantasy 2001 two-fer reissue features saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in session with a quintet that includes the Shirley Scott trio (Scott, organ; George Duvivier, bass; Arthur Edgehill, drums) and conga player Ray Barretto. It was released as Eddie Lockjaw Davis Meets Shirley Horn as Moodsville 30 in 1960. With the exception of a quartet recording released on Stompin' (Prestige 7456), the rest was another quintet with pianist Horace Parlan, drummer Art Taylor, Buddy Catlett on bass, and Willie Bobo on conga, issued as Goin' to the Meetin' in 1962 as Prestige 7242.

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet with Shirley Scott - Jaws In Orbit (1959) {Prestige OJCCD-322-2 rel 1992}
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© 1959, 1992 Prestige / Fantasy | OJCCD-322-2
Jazz / Soul Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone / Organ

Eddie Lockjaw Davis swings way out here – working in that cool cooking mode from the 50s, with organist Shirley Scott a very important partner on the date! The group's got a larger sound than usual – thanks to the addition of trombonist Steve Pullman – a player we don't know much, but who shifts the groove nicely away from some of Davis' more staid cookbook albums. Rhythm is by George Duvivier on bass and Arthur Edgehill on drums – and titles include "Bahia", "Foxy", "Bingo Domingo", and "Can't Get Out Of This Mood".