Jazz
A lost jazz treasure -- previously unissued material from the mighty 60s pairing of Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin -- a twin-tenor team that was one of the strongest forces in jazz at the time! The set's a really unusual one in that it has the pair moving away from the hard-wailing "battle" styled sides of some of their live material -- and from the angular modernist Monkish tunes that also represented a side of their sound. Instead, the pair are playing mellow standards and ballads for the set -- kicking back in a warm cloud of soul and sax -- beautifully grooving at an easy pace without losing their sense of soul -- and in some way, really letting the best side of Davis' playing come to light, in a setting that recalls his excellent Love Calls album on RCA. The group's a quintet, with the further added attraction of Horace Parlan making a rare Riverside appearance -- and not just on piano, but also on celeste -- the strange bell-like keyboard that really brings a cool sound to the set! Titles include "Pisces", "What Is There To Say", "Yesterdays", "Willow Weep For Me", "Midnight Sun", "Sophisticated Lady", and "Bewitched Bothered & Bewildered". All tracks previously unissued -- and the CD also features 4 bonus alternate takes! (CD case has a small cutout notch.)
From Dusty Groove.
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Johnny Griffin- Tenor Sax
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis- Tenor Sax
Horace Parlan- Piano, Celeste
Buddy Catlett- Bass
Arthur Taylor- Drums
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01. Pisces 4:13,
02. Midnight Sun 4:36,
03. Willow Weep for Me 4:32,
04. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Hart 3:44,
05. What Is There to Say? Duke 3:33,
06. She's Funny That Way Moret 4:32,
07. Yesterdays Harbach 4:16,
08. Sophisticated Lady 4:09,
09. Willow Weep for Me [alternate take] 4:46,
10. She's Funny That Way [alternate take] 4:14,
11. Sophisticated Lady [alternate take] 4:06,
12. What Is There to Say? [alternate take] 3:31
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