Very Saxy

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{{Infobox album

| name = Very Saxy

| type = Studio

| artist = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb

| cover = Very Saxy.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1959

| recorded = April 29, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 38:27

| label = Prestige
PR 7167

| producer = Esmond Edwards

| chronology = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

| prev_title = Blow Arnett, Blow

| prev_year = 1959

| next_title = Jaws in Orbit

| next_year = 1959

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Buddy Tate

| type = studio album

| prev_title = Swinging Like Tate

| prev_year = 1958

| title = Very Saxy

| year = 1959

| next_title = Tate's Date

| next_year = 1959

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Penguin Guide to Jazz

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

| rev2 = Allmusic

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen

|url-access=registration

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/98 98]

}}

}}

Very Saxy is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.Payne, D. [http://www.dougpayne.com/shirley1.htm Shirley Scott discography], accessed July 6, 2012.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection.{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|orig-year = 1992|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-141-03401-0|pages = 338|chapter = Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis}}

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "a historic and hard-swinging jam session... the four tenors battle it out and the results are quite exciting".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/very-saxy-mw0000310467 Allmusic Review] accessed July 6, 2012.

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and George Duvivier except as indicated

  1. "Very Saxy" - 8:18
  2. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 6:15
  3. "Fourmost" (Shirley Scott) - 5:22
  4. "Foot Pattin'" (Duvivier) - 8:53
  5. "Light and Lovely" - 9:55

Personnel

References