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 Danish SteepleChase label.[1][2][3] The album was also released in the U.S. on Inner City Records[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [6]

Allmusic called it "Fun, accessible and mostly hard-swinging straightahead music".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Oscar Pettiford) – 4:32
  2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 5:00
  3. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 5:59
  4. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington) – 4:44
  5. "Locks" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 6:42
  6. "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 6:23
  7. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) – 3:08
  8. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) – 3:40
  9. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" [alternate take] (Young, Crosby, Washington) – 4:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" [alternate take] (Pettiford) – 4:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Bye Bye Blackbird" [alternate take] (Henderson, Dixon) – 3:30 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed April 10, 2017
  2. ^ Jazzlists: SteepleChase Records discography, accessed April 10, 2017
  3. ^ Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis accessed April 10, 2017
  4. ^ Discogs album entry accessed April 10, 2017
  5. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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