This is FRESH AIR. In the early 1960s, saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin co-led a jumping two-tenor band. A live recording has now surfaced. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says it's ...

Tenor saxophonist Eddie Lockjaw" Davis recorded two stupendous albums for RCA in 1966. The first was a sextet album called Lock, the Fox in June. The full album without ads surfaced on YouTube a year ...

James Carter Quintet presents a tribute to Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis at Birdland, showcasing the saxophonist's dynamic interpretation of the influential tenor man's music. Known for his imaginative and ...

The once-popular pairings of such incisive hard-blowing saxophonists as Johnny Griffin with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Gene Ammons with Sonny Stitt constitute some of the inspiration behind the making ...