The screaming wail of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' tenor saxophone became a thrilling,
iconic sound of be-bop in the mid-1950s and led the virtuoso to play with some
of the greats of jazz, including Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Ella
Fitzgerald. Born in New York City, Davis started out playing in Harlem clubs in
the 1940s and led his band Eddie Davis and the Bepobbers in wild, riotous R&B
jams that became a notorious fixture of the era. By the 1950s "Jaws" led an
equally spirited, though slightly more refined swing trio and released several
albums with organist Shirley Scott, which ...