Tough Tenors

Studio album by The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet

Released

1960

Recorded

November 4 & 10, 1960
Plaza Sound Studios, New York City

Jazzland
JLP-31

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology

Trane Whistle
(1960)

Tough Tenors
(1960)

Griff & Lock
(1960)

Johnny Griffin chronology

Johnny Griffin’s Studio Jazz Party
(1960)

Tough Tenors
(1960)

Griff & Lock
(1960)

Tough Tenors is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on the Jazzland label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating, "Tough Tenors is one of the many amazing jazz recordings from 1960, and will please saxophone fans, Davis/Griffin fans, and anyone who enjoys classic hard bop."^[2]

Track listing

"Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) - 5:30
"Save Your Love for Me" (Buddy Johnson) - 7:09
"Twins" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin) - 6:35
"Funky Fluke" (Bennie Green) - 9:16
"Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:29
"Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson) - 7:17

Personnel

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
Junior Mance - piano
Larry Gales - bass
Ben Riley - drums

References

↑ Johnny Griffin discography accessed July 11, 2012
1 2 Lankford, Jr., R. D. Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2012

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Studio albums	The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (1958) Jaws (1958) The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2 (1958) The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (1958) Smokin' (1958) Very Saxy (1959) Jaws in Orbit (1959) Bacalao (1959) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott (1960) Misty (1960) Afro-Jaws (1960) Battle Stations (1960) Trane Whistle (1960) Tough Tenors (1960) Griff & Lock (1960) The Midnight Show (1961) Lookin' at Monk! (1961) Blues Up & Down (1961) Tough Tenor Favorites (1962) Jawbreakers (1962) Goin' to the Meeting (1962) I Only Have Eyes for You (1962) Trackin' (1962) Lock, the Fox (1966) The Fox & the Hounds (1967) Love Calls (1968) Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (1970)

Live albums	The Battle of Birdland (1954) The First Set (1961) The Tenor Scene (1961) The Late Show (1961) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (1975) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977) Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (1983)

Johnny Griffin

Studio albums	Introducing Johnny Griffin (1956) A Blowin' Session (1957) The Congregation (1957) Johnny Griffin (1958) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Way Out! (1958) The Little Giant (1959) The Big Soul-Band (1960) Battle Stations (1960) Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party (1960) Tough Tenors (1960) Griff & Lock (1960) Lookin' at Monk! (1961) Change of Pace (1961) Blues Up & Down (1961) White Gardenia (1961) The Kerry Dancers (1961) Tough Tenor Favorites (1962) Grab This! (1962) Soul Groove (1963) Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me (1963) Night Lady (1964) Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (1970) Birds and Ballads (1978)

Live albums	The First Set (1961) The Tenor Scene (1961) The Late Show (1961) The Midnight Show (1961) Blues for Harvey (1973)

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