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Back in the early '60s, when tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Eddie ''Lockjaw'' Davis teamed up to record a series of albums, they were dubbed the ''Tough Tenors,'' no doubt in appreciation of the rough-and-tumble nature of their dueling solos. But when I first heard them, courtesy of a Prestige ''two-for'' package released a decade later, what struck me about their blues-inflected interplay wasn't its combative quality but, rather, its soul. To my ears, they had more in common with Sam and Dave than with Foreman and Ali. That's definitely the vibe on Ow! Live At The Penthouse, recorded over two nights at the Penthouse in 1962. Instead of playing to the pugilistic side of their sound, the program has the relaxed, congenial feel of friendly conversation, as if each solo is meant less as one-upmanship than as point/counterpoint. Not that there's anything lax about their playing. Indeed, ''Tickle Toe,'' the Basie chestnut that was one of the highlights of the 1960 LP Tough Tenors, is even tougher here, as they rip through the tune at a slightly higher tempo and a decidedly more elevated level of post-bop improvisation. Were the duo around today, their catalog likely would be peppered with references to the Fast and the Furious movie franchise. That said, the most endearing thing about Ow! is the playfulness of the solos. Griffin's feature on ''Bahia,'' for example, starts off by echoing some of the gruff business of Davis' opening solo, but eventually, playing off Horace Parlan's piano chords, the saxophonist quotes ''Manteca,'' and then finishes the tune with a lengthy lift from Ravel's ''Bolero.'' While Davis' solos are long on drive and bluesy growl, Griffin's more boppish sensibility is leavened by his fondness for quotes. He slips a few bars of Thelonious Monk's ''Rhythm-A-Ning'' into the soulful ''Ow!,'' nods to ''Fascinatin' Rhythm'' while trading fours with Davis during ''Blue Lou,'' and ends his solo on ''Second Balcony Jump'' with a snippet of Mendelssohn's ''Wedding March.'' Like everything else on this album, it's a blast.

This album documents a summit meeting of tenor-saxophone titans. For two weeks in 1962 (in early March and then again in early June), Johnny Griffin and Eddie ''Lockjaw'' Davis commanded the stage at Seattle's Penthouse club, jointly leading a quintet that also featured pianist Horace Parlan, bassist Buddy Catlett and drummer Art Taylor. The hour's worth of tracks (along with a few slightly annoying intros, outros, and brief riffs) are absolutely fierce, except when they're tender and soulful. But even on the ballads there's a tremendous energy: notice, for example, the frenetic bebop workouts ''Second Balcony Jump'' and ''Ow!'', and then compare them to the sweet and gentle opening to ''Sophisticated Lady,'' a rendition that keeps erupting into edgy double-time passages. This is not easy-listening jazz; it's jazz for other musicians, though just about any fan will be able to enjoy it. The sound is quite good; only the bass lacks definition, which is par for the course with live recordings from this penthouse. This album is available here https://www.amazon.com/Penthouse-JOHN...
_____________________________________________________________________________________________Live From The Penthouse with April Smith.Album can be purchased on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/3Lw4hV... & https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-f...
Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964
Cover of Ahmad Jamal album Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 If you ever needed a comprehensive introduction to the appeal of Ahmad Jamal’s straight bop work, the two volumes of Emerald City Nights may just do the trick. The dual two-disc sets (out on both CD and vinyl LP) come from tapes—found by jazz tape detective Zev Feldman—that capture the piano maestro across four years of performances at Seattle’s Penthouse club with four different bands. The variation across the two albums shows Jamal’s ever-evolving sense of performance and band direction across those years.1963-1964 sees Jamal and his trios in animated, pull-out-all-the-stops form. On “Minor Adjustments” you can almost hear the force that bassist Richard Evans puts into each note as the band swings hard but keeps the pace at mid-tempo, letting the music’s attack hit the ears. Later, on “Squatty Roo,” the band is flying so hard they seem to want to launch themselves out of the club.
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