Johnny Griffin-Eddie Lockjaw Davis "Complete Sessions"
This year I have heard several 2-tenor units here in Viena and some tunes were originally recorded by the Griffin-Davis-tandem. It´s strange but I didn´t have no record with that formation and was glad to find this 4 CD collection with all the sessions. I think the original label was "jazzland" . There is also the live at Minton´s included, and the "Lookin´ at Monk".
Now I have listened to the first 3 CDs and the first 2 tracks of CD 4 and can share some of my impressions:
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That is because Griffin was under contract with Riverside at the time, and Davis with Prestige.
Davis helped a lot to start Scott's career. They first recorded for King in 1956, then for Roulette and Roost. They did a lot more sessions for Prestige, the Craft box collects only the "Cookbook" albums from June 20, September 12, and December 5, 1958.
The European budget label Solar Records did this years ago, fitting all on only three CDs inluding a bonus LP - Craft limits each CD to