Battle Stations (album)

Battle Stations is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on Prestige Records.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeat[2]
AllMusic[3]
Battle Stations
Studio album by
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin
Released1960
RecordedSeptember 2, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7282
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Afro-Jaws
(1960)		 Battle Stations
(1960)		 Trane Whistle
(1960)
Johnny Griffin chronology
The Big Soul-Band
(1960)		 Battle Stations
(1960)		 Johnny Griffin’s Studio Jazz Party
(1960)

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "Battle Stations is an album that fans of heated two-tenor exchanges shouldn't overlook."[3]

Track listing
  1. "What's Happening" (Fletcher Henderson) – 6:51
  2. "Abundance" (Norman Simmons) – 6:54
  3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 6:45
  4. "63rd Street Theme" (Johnny Griffin) – 7:12
  5. "Pull My Coat" (Richard Evans) – 6:40
  6. "Hey Jim!" (Babs Gonzales, James Moody) – 8:00

Personnel

References
  1. Johnny Griffin discography accessed July 10, 2012
  2. DownBeat:December 5, 1963 Vol. 30, No.31
  3. Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed July 10, 2012
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