Tough Tenor Favorites is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.[3]

Tough Tenor Favorites
Studio album by The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet
Released	1962
Recorded	February 5, 1962 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Jazzland JLP-76
Johnny Griffin chronology
The Kerry Dancers (1961–62) Tough Tenor Favorites (1962) Grab This! (1962)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Blues Up & Down (1961) Tough Tenor Favorites (1962) Jawbreakers (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Reception

The AllMusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, the two "tough tenors" in question, always made for an exciting team... The main winner in these fiery tenor "battles" is the listener".[1]

Track listing

1. "Bahia" (Ary Barroso)
2. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson)
3. "How Am I to Know?" (Jack King)
4. "Ow!" (Dizzy Gillespie)
5. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger)
6. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo)
7. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter)

Personnel

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
• Horace Parlan - piano
• Buddy Catlett - bass
• Ben Riley - drums

References

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