The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet
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The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet
Blues Up And Down
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RELEASE DATE: 10 Apr 1988
MCD-47084-2
GENRE: JAZZ
Longtime jazz fans still speak fondly of the “tough tenor tandem” of Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Johnny Griffin. Of course, the ancient verities as set down in the early-to-mid 1960s by Davis (1922-1986) and Griffin (b. 1928) never go out of fashion. Blues-based themes phrased in close harmonies or powerful unison, rock-hard swing, and roistering horns locked from the jump were the calling cards of the Davis-Griffin quintets. Both men had readily identifiable sounds, wit… MORE
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