Jaws in Orbit

Studio album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott

Released

1959

Recorded

May 1, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Genre

Jazz

Length

35:04

Label

Prestige
PRLP 7171

Producer

Esmond Edwards

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology

Very Saxy
(1959)

Jaws in Orbit
(1959)

Hear My Blues
(1959)

Shirley Scott chronology

Scottie Plays the Duke
(1959)

Jaws in Orbit
(1959)

Soul Searching
(1959)

Jaws in Orbit is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The group that Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis led with organist Shirley Scott during the latter half of the 1950s was quite accessible and did a great deal to popularize the organ band in jazz".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis except as indicated

"Intermission Riff" (Ray Wetzel) - 6:24
"Can't Get Out of This Mood" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) - 5:24
"Foxy" - 5:52
"Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) - 6:21
"Bahia" (Ary Barroso) - 7:29
"Bingo Domingo" - 5:56

Personnel

References

↑ Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography accessed July 9, 2012
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 9, 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)

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