Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

With his cutting, throaty tone and hard-swinging style, tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis straddled the big-band, bebop, R&B, and soul-jazz eras. Although known as one of the great jazz pugilists, ably holding his own at jam sessions and on record, it was his effusive approach to jazz and blues that he brought to new heights with Hammond B-3 organist Shirley Scott. Together, they released a string of albums in the late-'50s, including In the Kitchen, Cookbook, Vol. 1, and Jaws, that were the paradigm of the soul-jazz organ group sound. Davis was also a vital member of th...