Durante a existência do seu quinteto 'Tough Tenors', Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis e Johnny Griffin gravaram cinco álbuns, este foi o primeiro para a Prestige, gravado no lendário Minton's Playhouse do Harlem. O album, também conhecido como The Breakfast Show numa versão anterior, apresenta Davis e Griffin com a sua brilhante intensidade habitual. Mais um corte perfeito de Kevin Gray!

• Edição Limitada
• Analogue Productions Prestige Stereo Series
• Vinil Audiófilo 180 Gramas
• Masterizado por Kevin Gray na Cohearent Audio
• Corte a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais
• Acetatos preparados para prensagem por Gary Salstrom
• Prensagem na Quality Record Pressings QRP USA
• Capa Deluxe "tip-on" com acabamento de alto brilho

Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 180-gram LPs pressed at state-of-the-art plant Quality Record Pressings and plated by Gary Salstrom. Deep groove label pressings, tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock.

During the two-year run of their Tough Tenors quintet, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (a Prestige artist) and Johnny Griffin (under contract to Riverside/Jazzland) satisfied their contractual obligations by recording five albums for each label. 1961's Tenor Scene was the pair’s first for Prestige, and the first of a four-album series taped over the course of an extremely productive evening at the legendary Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem.

The classic date, also known as The Breakfast Show in an earlier reissue, offers the rhythm section of Ben Riley (drums), Larry Gale (bass) and Junior Mance (piano) ample opportunity to showcase on cuts like "Woody 'N You," "Bingo Domingo" and "Light and Lovely." However, it's the leaders who truly shine here, complimenting one another's musical intensity to great effect, particularly on Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser" where the set reaches its absolute boiling point!

Músicos:

Eddie Lockjaw Davis, saxofone tenor
Johnny Griffin, saxofone tenor
Ben Riley, bateria
Larry Gales, baixo
Junior Mance, piano

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. Light And Lovely
2. Straight, No Chaser

Lado B
3. Woody'n You
4. Bingo Domingo
5. I'll Remember April

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