Classics
2005
The Chronological Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: 1948-1952
About This Album
The Classics Chronological Series presents the second installment in the complete recordings of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. This grab bag of historical rarities opens with a slightly giddy jump version of "Happy Birthday," punctuated with periodic birthday wishes shrieked by the band. Lockjaw prefaces the tune with a bit of nonchalant patter and ends it with a kiss! This rowdy novelty and three subsequent blowing tracks from the same 1948 session were originally released on the Sittin' in With record label. Supported by a solid ensemble including trumpet, trombone, and alto and baritone saxophones, Jaws turns in some of his best toothy playing, most satisfyingly on the gutsy "Randy's Boogie." The next four tracks, recorded March 17, 1949, for the Regent record label, feature somewhat sloppy rasping R&B vocals by "Chicago" Carl Davis, billed here as King Karl. Two gutbucket King recordings made six months later have ensemble vocals praising the virtues of boogie-woogie and braised hog testicles. This hot little group had Bill Doggett at the piano and Kansas City Jo Jones behind the drums. Four sides recorded for the Domino label before the end of 1949 signal a welcome return to honest early modern jazz.
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