Tough Tenor Favorites is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.

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".

Tough Tenor Favorites

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)

Tough Tenor Favorites

Personnel

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone

Horace Parlan - piano

Buddy Catlett - bass

Ben Riley - drums

References

1962 albums

Johnny Griffin albums

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis albums

Jazzland Records (1960) albums

Tough Tenor Favorites