Afro-Jaws

by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Afro-Jaws cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1961
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:04
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pairing his famously aggressive, gutbucket tenor sound with an expanded brass section and heavy Latin percussion, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis delivers a massive, rhythmic statement. The arrangements by Gil Fuller masterfully integrate the explosive energy of Afro-Cuban polyrhythms with Davis' unyielding, blues-soaked swing.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, saxophone, rhythmic, percussive, ensemble

Tracklist

  1. Wild Rice (4:54)
  2. Guanco Lament (5:21)
  3. Tin Tin Deo (5:10)
  4. Jazz-A-Samba (4:15)
  5. Alma Alegre (5:24)
  6. Star Eyes (6:21)
  7. Afro-Jaws (7:36)

Credits

  • Various - primary artist
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor - vocals
  • Oliver Cheatham - vocals
  • Raja Mushtaq - vocals
  • The Mad Stuntman - rap [featuring], vocals
  • Róisín Murphy - vocals
  • Yavahn - vocals
  • Di - vocals

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