Arnett Cobb, Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin in "Lester Leaps In" (1984)

[@facundomonteagudo1707]

The moment when Johnny Griffin quoted "The song is you" in the bridge i screamed of joy, it's just so smart and perfect, can't believe how he manages to quote a lot of songs during his solo.

[@mrpeebee1]

Thanks. I was in that audience, one of the best concerts I've ever seen.

[@danieljohnsonjr1928]

Mr Woode keepin pulse' time on basslike a nuclear clock! OMG🤯

[@michaeljones474]

MASTERS!!!

[@mrpeebee1]

I fully agree!

[@mikefarmer7238]

Saw Arnett Cobb and Johnny Griffin together at a gig in Bradford UK and they were fantastic. Griff told me he learnt a lot from Cobb when they were in Lional Hamptons band.

[@newsmanbluesman]

Lockjaw, OMG, this is mad - and the best piece of its kind on the whole web, as far as I have discovered

[@terrryc]

INSANE! A Classic Tenor Battle..

[@ozbianca]

Gosh, I used ot go to this Jazz cafe a lot in my younger days. It is brilliant.

[@j.walker6845]

Big eyes for lady Cobb

[@BackToTheBlues]

I love the ways Jaws builds his solos up - the first time around the chord sequence is generally tentative, thinking about where to go, the second developing a structure, and from then on it's all systems go!

[@mrpeebee1]

Indeed, it can't become much better than this :)!

[@bluesborn]

Wow- I love the live audience and blistering solos.I think the word is "VERVE".

[@paulburns3788]

I always like the saxophone it sounds great

[@mizpahboy7513]

Pure old school. Real jazz

[@tibortorok6131]

fantastic

[@123ben321]

buying this record asap!

[@cosmo9287]

Great post my friend!! having the photos of each soloist is great...thank you!!

[@srkooy]

Eddie: great, great, great ...... !

[@chriscarter3831]

Sam, I wish it were safe to let you have my email, so that you could write to me about Eddie. Great, well, he was the greatest, and I have been saying this for 30 years.

[@chriscarter3831]

I WONDERED WHO MIGHT AGREE WITH ME ABOUT JAWS. ABOVE IT SAYS HE GAVE UP THE DRUMS, ETC, ETC. NONESENSE. NATIVE BLACKS WERE UNDER MANY PRESSURES AND DISCRIMINATION. IT WAS A MATTER OF ACQUIRING AN OCCUPATION. EDDIE WONDERED WHAT HE MIGHT DO, AGED 16. HE LIKED THE ADMIRATION, MANY MUSICIANS SEEMED TO HAVE, AND WAS A FAN OF WEBSTER. HE THUS AGED 20, BOUGHT A CONN TENOR AND YOU KNOW THE REST. I AM A FRIEND OF JAWS AND AM WRITING HIS BIOGRAPHY, WELL, JUST STARTED. I AM A SAXOPHONIST. WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?

[@MarcLelogeaisGuitariste]

des vrai de vrai 👍👍👍

[@HunterMann]

Great arrangement & recording! This is the kind of live recording that reminds me that going to a jazz club is always the best way to hear jazz... live and direct! Thanks for posting super music MrPeeBee.

[@mrpeebee1]

@DJxSKETCH - It was taped from a live radio Broadcast back in 1984 and just recently converted to mp3.

[@toughtenor]

you lucky ..... Sounds like a blast indeed. wished I was there..

[@jogazab]

Lockjaw!!! thanks for uploading this!

[@kennethfurley9593]

Wow to see any of these greats live must have been fantastic!

[@mrpeebee1]

For sure, one of the best concerts I've ever seen.

[@TheCJHutchison]

Thank you again for sharing these masterpieces

[@mrpeebee1]

You're welcome.

[@schwame]

This is truly amazing. Thanks for posting, I never would've known about this session.

[@mrpeebee1]

Glad you liked it.

[@Marcusbones1]

Beautiful!!!

[@richardharris5462]

A lot of times these things don't come off but this is a bit special! Really like Griff's quotes etc but really the energy, individuality and fire of all. And a big plug for Horace Parlan, with always great fills, right there. Many thanks.

[@mrpeebee1]

@DJxSKETCH - For as far as I know this music has never been published commercially

[@charleb9576]

AMEN THAT'S JAZZ !

[@jazzroom]

The Tenor Battle of The Battles! thanks alot for sharing this gem and a piece of Live Jazz history!

[@quinn4626]

This is great playing.

[@Starritt_Piano]

What I like about lockjaw is his even, crisp altissimo register, some people have difficulty in getting there altissimo notes to speak, but Lockjaw has perfect control. :) :)

[@mrpeebee1]

@kinobelle69 - I'm Glad you liked it!

[@pascal62]

yessssssss....

[@waynebij]

yeah yeah

[@majorsnodgrassthethird5699]

Butch Miles is fast, phew!

[@dkschupack]

Nice drum solo. Reminds me of some of Art Blakey's more aggressive solos...

[@newsmanbluesman]

saw Cobb 4 years later at Mtl Jazz and it was of this quality - supreme - as though jazz & be-bop would have happpened without Bolden or Armstrong; jazz had more innovators than it did mere practitioners, always had more than it needed, in this era -technical ability that is off the chart & actually employed spoaringly - here it is aplenty in this clip tho

[@mrpeebee1]

Glad you enjoyed it :).

[@loetvanvreumingen]

Fantastisch, stond dit maar op LP of CD, Loet van Vreumingen

[@ShoeLube]

@mrpeebee1 True

[@WestcoastTony49]

Can I hit "LIKE" a hundred times? ;-)

[@loetvanvreumingen]

Stond dit maar op LP of CD. Fantastisch

[@danielnicol]

Cette bataille entre trois géants du ténor est absolument irrésistible, il y avait véritablement le feu dans la salle ce 31 mars 1984. Une mention particulière pour Jimmy Woode et Butch Miles, anciens piliers des orchestres d'Ellington et de Basie, qui entretiennent un swing et une urgence absolument insensée. Enivrant!!!

[@mrpeebee1]

Thanks Daniel, glad you liked it and agree with all your comments. Unfortunately the great Butch Miles died recently, very sad.

[@danielnicol]

Je ne savais pas que Butch Miles était mort récemment, je suis très ému. Je l'avais découvert en juillet 1979, au sein de l'orchestre de Count Basie, au festival de Montreux. Son jeu à la fois subtil et électrique galvanisait un orchestre en pleine forme. Inoubliable.

[@michaelthompson6452]

BUTCH!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah Baby!!!!!!!

[@ShoeLube]

Just one question. Why did it take 27 years to upload this wonderful piece? :-)

[@BackToTheBlues]

Because KZbin didn't exist 27 years ago!

[@mrpeebee1]

You can always try ;-)!

[@mrpeebee1]

@mike197592 - Hi Mike, this music was never published commercially, it was recorded from a live radio broadcast in 1984. If you sent me a personal message with your email I will sent you a copy.

[@ippolitolamedica5562]

Hello mrpeebee1, thank you for this great tune! Please could you tell me how can i get it? Thank you

[@mrpeebee1]

@@ippolitolamedica5562 Hello. If you sent me a personal message with your email I will sent you a copy of this song (it was never commercially released)..

[@ippolitolamedica5562]

@@mrpeebee1 [e-mail]. Thank you very much. It was a fantastic concert!!!!

[@mrpeebee1]

@@ippolitolamedica5562 It's done!

[@ippolitolamedica5562]

@@mrpeebee1 Dear Peter, you are so kind! Thank you very very much! It is really a big gift for me!!!! You are bessed! Thank you, Best regards

[@tonyjohnson6827]

June carter

[@mike197592]

@mrpeebee1 where can u buy this track

[@DJxSKETCH]

@mrpeebee1 then how did you get it? I really want it!

[@DJxSKETCH]

where can you buy this?

[@HunterMann]

Was this recording ever released on a record or CD?

[@jacquescohr3025]

Ben ouai ....ça c'était....avant....mais c'était quand même chouette ..l'époque du...." blow man " ! !

[@mrpeebee1]

@ShoeLube - LOL! Better late then never I guess!

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

i say, old boy, i rather prefer tenor battles to the contests involving em.cees, quite.

[@majorsnodgrassthethird5699]

Lockjaw Davis became a musician because it allowed him to stay in bed most of the day and gave up the drums to be a sax player as women found sax players more attractive than drummers who were at sat up the back!

[@buggadugg]

People like Shopping Malls?

[@mrpeebee1]

Unfortunately not.