Very Saxy

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Very Saxy
Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length38:27
LabelPrestige
PR 7167
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Blow Arnett, Blow
(1959)
Very Saxy
(1959)
Jaws in Orbit
(1959)
Buddy Tate chronology
Swinging Like Tate
(1958)
Very Saxy
(1959)
Tate's Date
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
[3]

Very Saxy is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.[4]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection.[1] The

Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "a historic and hard-swinging jam session... the four tenors battle it out and the results are quite exciting".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and George Duvivier except as indicated

  1. "Very Saxy" - 8:18
  2. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 6:15
  3. "Fourmost" (Shirley Scott) - 5:22
  4. "Foot Pattin'" (Duvivier) - 8:53
  5. "Light and Lovely" - 9:55

Personnel

References

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  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 6, 2012.
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  4. ^ Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography, accessed July 6, 2012.