Smokin' (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis album)

Smokin'
Studio album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott
Released	1964
Recorded	September 12 and December 5, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:04
Label	Prestige PRLP 7301
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (1958) Smokin' (1964) Blow Arnett, Blow (1959)
Shirley Scott chronology
The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (1958) Smokin' (1958) Scottie Plays the Duke (1959)

Smokin′ is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1958 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Together the group swings hard on basic originals, blues and an occasional ballad, showing why this type of accessible band was so popular during the era."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Shirley Scott except as indicated

1. "High Fry" - 5:28
2. "Smoke This" - 5:01
3. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) - 3:27
4. "Pots and Pans" - 6:13
5. "Jaws" - 3:38
6. "It's a Blue World" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 6:04
7. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) - 5:13

Personnel

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
• Shirley Scott - organ
• Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone (track 1), flute (track 2), tenor saxophone (track 5)
• George Duvivier - bass
• Arthur Edgehill - drums

References

1. Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography, accessed July 9, 2012.
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic review, accessed July 9, 2012.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.