i was feeling like some of my old favorites, and eddie lockjaw davis is certainly one of those. this show was near the end of his long career, and this recording has a casual, intimate quality, between davis’s laid back playing, the recording itself (the notes have it as “b+” only) and the occasional background talk of people near the taper (maybe that’s why). and at almost 2.5 hours, you can really settle in for the afternoon with a good book and the great eddie lockjaw davis. go for it. and the eponymous kimball of kimball’s east? he passed away at 91 in 2011.
eddie “lockjaw” davis
kimball’s east
emeryville, ca, usa
june 14, 1985
eddie “lockjaw” davis – saxophone
buddy montgomery – piano
wyatt ruther – bass
eddie marshall – drums
disc 1: 71:17
1. day in day out (trio) – 8:10
2. just friends – 7:47
3. on green dolphin street – 8:16
4. just one of those things – 6:51
5. light and lovely – 8:19
6. it could happen to you – 6:53
7. a night in tunisia (piano trio) – 6:40
8. this can’t be love – 6:00
9. lover come back to me – 7:41
10. but beautiful – 4:38
disc 2: 77:34
1. wave – 9:03
2. robbin’s nest – 7:10
3. bye bye blackbird (incomplete) – 4:3
4. on the trail (inc.) – 5:16
5. theme – 2:16
6. all of you (trio) – 5:58
7. broadway – 6:01
8. corcovado – 8:52
9. avalon – 5:34
10. don’t blame me – 4:18
11. in a mellow tone – 7:58
12. love for sale (inc) – 6:56
13. theme – 3:32
total time 148:51
source: audience
sound: b+
sample: d104 just one of those things.mp3
download: EddieLockjawDavis_1985-06-14_KimballsEast_EmeryvilleCA.zip