Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home
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Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in Copenhagen in 1976 and released on the Dutch SteepleChase label.[1][2][3] The album was also released in the U.S. on Inner City Records[4]
Critical reception
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Allmusic called it "Fun, accessible and mostly hard-swinging straightahead music".[5]
Track listing
- "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:32
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 5:00
- "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 5:59
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington) - 4:44
- "Locks" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 6:42
- "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 6:23
- "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) - 3:08
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 3:40
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" [alternate take] (Young, Crosby, Washington) - 4:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" [alternate take] (Pettiford) - 4:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" [alternate take] (Henderson, Dixon) - 3:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
References
- ^ SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed April 10, 2017
- ^ Jazzlists: SteepleChase Records discography, accessed April 10, 2017
- ^ Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis accessed April 10, 2017
- ^ Discogs album entry accessed April 10, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2017.