Jawbreakers (album)

Jawbreakers is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Harry "Sweets" Edison and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis always made for a logical combination for both had immediately recognizable sounds and could say an awful lot with one note... Easily recommended to straightahead jazz fans as are the later Sweets-Lockjaw recordings".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Harry "Sweets" Edison except as indicated

"Oo-Ee!" - 5:15
"Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 5:20
"Jawbreakers" - 6:36
"Four" (Miles Davis) - 3:36
"Moolah" - 4:39
"A Gal in Calico" (Leo Robin, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:43
"I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:55
"Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 5:34

Personnel

References

↑ Riverside Records discography accessed July 13, 2012
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 12, 2012

Harry Edison

Studio albums	Buddy and Sweets (1955) Jazz Giants '58 (1958) Patented by Edison (1960) Jawbreakers (1962) Ben and "Sweets" (1962) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Studio albums	The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (1958) Jaws (1958) The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2 (1958) The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (1958) Smokin' (1958) Very Saxy (1959) Jaws in Orbit (1959) Bacalao (1959) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott (1960) Misty (1960) Afro-Jaws (1960) Battle Stations (1960) Trane Whistle (1960) Tough Tenors (1960) Griff & Lock (1960) The Midnight Show (1961) Lookin' at Monk! (1961) Blues Up & Down (1961) Tough Tenor Favorites (1962) Jawbreakers (1962) Goin' to the Meeting (1962) I Only Have Eyes for You (1962) Trackin' (1962) Lock, the Fox (1966) The Fox & the Hounds (1967) Love Calls (1968) Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (1970)

Live albums	The Battle of Birdland (1954) The First Set (1961) The Tenor Scene (1961) The Late Show (1961) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (1975) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977) Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (1983)

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