Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott - The Complete Cookbook Sessions (1958) [3CD] {2010 Solar Records Edition}

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott - The Complete Cookbook Sessions (1958) [3CD] {2010 Solar Records Edition}

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Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone / Organ Hammond B-3

This release presents the complete Cookbook sessions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in a quartet/quintet format with Shirley Scott on organ and, on some tracks, Jerome Richardson on flute, as well as tenor and baritone sax. This is the first time that all of this material is contained on a single set and in the order in which it was recorded. This set includes the complete contents of the original LPs The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (Vols. 1 to 3; Prestige 7141, 7161 & 7219), Jaws (Prestige 7154) & Smokin' (Prestige 7301), plus all of the other songs from the sessions; and a quartet set by the exact same personnel (but with Scott on piano instead of organ) added as a bonus. Talk about embarras de richesses! This triple CD collects together all the tracks recorded in 1958 and originally released on five LPs (which were called The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, vols. 1-3, Jaws and Smokin'), plus the other tunes recorded at the same sessions. The tunes are presented in the order in which they were recorded. To all these is added a quartet session from 1960 with Shirley Scott on piano instead of organ. It is almost too much to take in, and is certainly not designed for listening at one sitting. However, one can hardly have too much of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis's growling, meaty tenor sax, especially when multi-instrumentalist Jerome Richardson is added for most tracks. Many of the tunes are blues, which show Davis to good advantage, as he is essentially a bluesy player. Eddie is best-known from his booting tenor solos on Count Basie recordings, but this album allows him to show his versatility in various styles - and especially his ability to interpret ballads sensitively and melodiously. And he keeps surprising us. For instance, most musicians handle Body and Soul with kid gloves but Lockjaw treats it as a cry from the heart, with George Duvivier underlining it solidly and Shirley Scott adding interpolated chords. Jerome Richardson's flute and baritone sax make useful contrasts with Eddie's tougher style, and on some tracks (e.g. Three Deuces) they work and spar together as two tenorists. I am less enthusiastic about Shirley Scott's organ playing, as her style is very chordal and only sometimes resorts to single-note lines. Besides, the tone she gets from the organ can be rather cavernous. Unlike most Hammond organists who supply bass backing with the organ pedals, Shirley leaves the bass line to George Duvivier - which is fine, except that you miss the deep thrust that the organ pedals can give. In a way, Shirley is preferable when she switches to piano for the 1960 session, as her economical contribution adds to the clarity of Lockjaw's playing. The album title of the Cookbook Sessions was well chosen, as Lockjaw could certainly cook with gas when he wanted to. But these recordings prove that he was equally able to play slow numbers with feeling and imagination. Personnel: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor sax Shirley Scott - organ, piano George Duvivier - bass Arthur Edgehill - drums Jerome Richardson - flute, tenor sax, baritone sax (CD1 tracks 2-6; CD2 tracks 10-14; CD3 tracks 1-7) tracklist: CD1 01. The Chef 02. Have Horn Will Blow 03. In the Kitchen 04. But Beautiful 05. But Beautiful (alt. take) 06. Three Deuces 07. Tangerine 08. Pots and Pans 09. Old Devil Moon 10. I'll Never Be the Same 11. I Let a Song Go Out of my Heart 12. You Stepped Out of a Dream 13. It's a Blue World CD2 01. Blue Lou 02. Avalon 03. Too Close for Comfort 04. Willow, Weep for Me 05. But Not for Me 06. Strike Up the Band 07. I'm Just a Lucky So and So 08. Body and Soul 09. Pennies from Heaven 10. The Broilers 11.The Goose Hangs High 12. Simmerin' 13. Heat `n' Serve 14. My Old Flame 15. Serenade in Blue CD3 01. Stardust 02. High Fry 03. Skillet 04. Smoke This 05. I Surrender Dear 06. Jaws 07. The Rev 08. It Could Happen to You 09. What's New 10. The Very Thought of You 11. The Man I Love 12. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 13. I Cover the Waterfront