EDDIE DAVIS MODERN JAZZ SEALED HI-FI LP Moonlight In Vermont You Go To My Head

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 MODERN JAZZ

BY EDDIE "lockjaw" DAVIS

and his

Tenor Saxophone and Trio

This is a  RARE factory-sealed  MONOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY album on King Records #506.  There is no hole drilled or saw cut in the album jacket.  No bent corners - no split sides - no markings and no cuts in the cellophane.

The album contains the following:

SIDE 1

1. MOONLIGAHT IN VERMONT
2. JOHNNY COME LATELY
3. YOU GO TO MY HEAD
4. FOGGY DAY
5. TENDERLY
6. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

SIDE 2

1. DIZZY ATMOSPHERE
2. IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN
3. LEAPING ON LENOX
4. THIS IS ALWAYS
5. BEAN-O
6. I'LL REMEMBER APRIL

The liner notes read as follows:

"One of the finest jazz tenor sax men in the business is Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis.  For years he led the house band at Minton's Playhouse in New York's Harlem where famous jazz musicians came from all over the world to hold jam sessions.  It was in this famous landmark that the progressive move had its origin.  Davis conducted jam sessions that featured all forerunners of modern music (the late Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Theolonius Monk, etc.).

Eddie was born in 1921 in New York City.  Learning the tenor sax from what he could pick up from other musicians, Davis soon developed a style that was his alone.  In the early 1940's he went out for experience\ and played with many of the big bands of that period -- Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Louie Armstrong, Andy Kirk, Roy Eldridge to name a few.  The one thing that he discovered was that solo work was very limited.  It was then that Eddie realized that the big bands were not for him.  During this period Eddie got the name "Lockjaw" from the expression on his face when playing the saxophone that gives the impression that the horn is locked in his mouth.

"Lock" wanted to do more solo work, so 52nd Street in New York was the next move, and he gathered a great deal more knowledge working with just about every big name in jazz at that time.  During this period, Eddie began forming small groups of his own and more important, he developed a style on the tenor.  The style of the horn has changed often since that time, but Eddie refused to be altered.  "Basically, I believe swing is the key, regardless of the instrumentation.  This I learned through the years.  I worked in the once famous Minton's Playhouse and this room in particular has produced or assisted more progressive musicians than any other room in the country," Eddie says.

It was the result of a typical jam session that "Lockjaw" formed his present trio.  Doc Bagby is featured on Organ and Charlie Dice on drums.  Bagby held the feature spot as a single in many of the New York clubs.  He was among the first to own and feature the organ as a jazz instrument.  He was inspired in his career by the great Bill Davis.  Charlie Rice always played with small combos such as Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Vinson, Louie Jordan, Ben Webster, etc., and has always been considered more of an excellent swinging drummer than a soloist."

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