Jaws in Orbit
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{{Infobox album
| name = Jaws in Orbit
| type = Studio
| artist = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott
| cover = Jaws in Orbit.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ|
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:04
| label = Prestige
PRLP 7171{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&q=Jaws+in+Orbit+davis+1959&pg=RA1-PA1921|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|first=Martin|last=Popoff|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781440229169|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
| prev_title = Very Saxy
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Hear My Blues
| next_year = 1959
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Shirley Scott
| type = studio album
| prev_title = Scottie Plays the Duke
| prev_year = 1959
| title = Jaws in Orbit
| year = 1959
| next_title = Soul Searching
| next_year = 1959
}}
}}
Jaws in Orbit is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott, recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.Payne, D. [http://www.dougpayne.com/shirley1.htm Shirley Scott discography] accessed July 9, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=DeMichael |first=Don |date=26 May 1960 |title=Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis: Jaws in Orbit |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=11 |page=28}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=338}}
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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."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/jaws-in-orbit-mw0000674671 Allmusic Review] accessed July 9, 2012
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
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Shirley Scott - organ
- Steve Pulliam - trombone
- George Duvivier - bass
- Arthur Edgehill - drums
References
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{{Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis}}{{Shirley Scott}}
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Category:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis albums
Category:Albums produced by Esmond Edwards
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Category:Prestige Records albums
Category:Albums recorded in a home studio
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