Battle Stations (album)

Battle Stations
Studio album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin
Released 1960
Recorded September 2, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PRLP 7282
Producer Esmond Edwards
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology

Afro-Jaws
(1960)		 Battle Stations
(1960)		 Trane Whistle
(1960)
Johnny Griffin chronology
The Big Soul-Band
(1960)		 Battle Stations
(1960)		 Johnny Griffin’s Studio Jazz Party
(1960)

Battle Stations is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Down Beat [2]
Allmusic [3]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Alex Henderson stating, "Battle Stations is an album that fans of heated two-tenor exchanges shouldn't overlook."[3]

Track listing

  1. "What's Happening" (Fletcher Henderson) - 6:51
  2. "Abundance" (Norman Simmons) - 6:54
  3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 6:45
  4. "63rd Street Theme" (Johnny Griffin) - 7:12
  5. "Pull My Coat" (Richard Evans) - 6:40
  6. "Hey Jim!" (Babs Gonzales, James Moody) - 8:00

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Johnny Griffin discography accessed July 10, 2012
  2. ↑ Down Beat:December 5, 1963 Vol. 30, No.31
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed July 10, 2012