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CD (Item 641994) Jazzland/OJC, 1962 — Condition: Used
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The soulful tenor of Eddie Lockjaw Davis meets the modernist bop sounds of Johnny Griffin in another one of their fierce two-tenor sides from the early 60s! The group on here includes the always-amazing Horace Parlan on piano, plus some lively drumming from the oft-overlooked Ben Riley. This one's got less of the modernist Monkish sounds of some of their other albums – and features full-on assaults on tracks like "Bahia", "Blue Lou", "Ow!", and "Tin Tin Deo". © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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