Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home explained

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

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

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

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone
• Thomas Clausen – piano
• Bo Stief – bass
• Alex Riel – drums

Notes and References

1. http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/eddie-lockjaw-davis-swingin-till-the-girls-come-home-sccd-31058/ SteepleChase Productions ApS
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm Jazzlists: SteepleChase Records discography
3. Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis accessed April 10, 2017
4. https://www.discogs.com/Eddie-Lockjaw-Davis-Quartet-Swingin-Till-The-Girls-Come-Home/release/5521950 Discogs album entry