Jaw's Blues

{{Infobox album

| name = Jaw's Blues

| type = Live album

| artist = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

| cover = Jaw's Blues.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1981

| recorded = February 11, 1981

| venue = The Domicile, Munich, West Germany

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 52:07

| label = Enja
3097 ST

| producer = Horst Weber & Matthias Winckelmann

| chronology = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

| prev_title = The Heavy Hitter

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Live at the Widder

| next_year = 1981

}}

Jaw's Blues is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in Munich in 1981 and released on the German Enja label.[http://www.jazzrecords.com/enja/3097.htm Enja Records Listing] accessed April 10, 2017[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Enja_3000.htm Jazzlists: Enja Records main series discography], accessed April 10, 2017Di Filippo, R., [https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/05/28/eddie-lockjaw-davis/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis] accessed April 10, 2017

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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Allmusic stated "The tough-toned and always-passionate tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis is in typically combative form on this quartet date ... Fans of the tenor will want this swinging set".{{Allmusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000690845 |title=Jaw's Blues – Review |accessdate=April 10, 2017}}

Track listing

  1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 6:24
  2. "Young Man With a Horn" (George Stoll, Ralph Freed) – 4:18
  3. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 7:01
  4. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 7:28
  5. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:41
  6. "Jaw's Blues" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 7:31
  7. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 7:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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