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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.

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