Tough Tenor Favorites
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tough Tenor Favorites
| type = Studio
| artist = The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet
| cover = Tough Tenor Favorites.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = February 5, 1962
New York City
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Jazzland
JLP-76
| producer =
| chronology = Johnny Griffin
| prev_title = The Kerry Dancers
| prev_year = 1961–62
| next_title = Grab This!
| next_year = 1962
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
| type = studio album
| prev_title = Blues Up & Down
| prev_year = 1961
| title = Tough Tenor Favorites
| year = 1962
| next_title = Jawbreakers
| next_year = 1962
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|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=608}}
}}
Tough Tenor Favorites is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-griffin/catalog/album-index/#jazzland-jlp-76 Johnny Griffin discography] accessed October 25, 2012
Reception
The AllMusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, the two "tough tenors" in question, always made for an exciting team... The main winner in these fiery tenor "battles" is the listener".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/tough-tenor-favorites-mw0000177171 Allmusic Review] accessed October 25, 2012
Track listing
- "Bahia" (Ary Barroso)
- "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson)
- "How Am I to Know?" (Jack King)
- "Ow!" (Dizzy Gillespie)
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger)
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo)
- "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter)
Personnel
References
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{{Johnny Griffin}}{{Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis}}{{Horace Parlan}}
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Category:Johnny Griffin albums
Category:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis albums
Category:Jazzland Records albums
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