Afro-Jaws

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Afro-Jaws | type = Studio | artist = [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] | cover = Afro-Jaws.jpg | alt = | released = 1961 | recorded = May 4 & 12, 1960 New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 39:00 | label = [[Riverside Records|Riverside]] RLP 373 | producer = [[Orrin Keepnews]] | chronology = [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] | prev_title = [[Misty (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis album)|Misty]] | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = [[Battle Stations (album)|Battle Stations]] | next_year = 1960 }}

'''''Afro-Jaws''''' is an album by saxophonist [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] recorded in 1961 and released on the [[Riverside Records|Riverside]] label.<ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-300-series/#rlp-373 Riverside Records discography] accessed July 17, 2012</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}} <ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=339}}</ref> }} The [[Allmusic]] site awarded the album four stars with the review by [[Scott Yanow]] stating, "The Afro-Cuban setting is perfect for the tough-toned tenor, who romps through the infectious tunes".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000654444 |label=''Afro-Jaws'' review |first=Scott |last=Yanow |accessdate=July 17, 2012}}</ref>

== Track listing == ''All compositions by Gil Lopez except as indicated'' # "Wild Rice" - 4:53 # "Guanco Lament" - 5:18 # "Tin Tin Deo" ([[Gil Fuller]], [[Chano Pozo]]) - 5:10 # "Jazz-A-Samba" - 4:14 # "Alma Alegre" - 5:24 # "[[Star Eyes (song)|Star Eyes]]" ([[Gene de Paul]], [[Don Raye]]) - 6:20 # "Afro-Jaws" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 7:36

== Personnel == *[[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] - [[tenor saxophone]] *[[Clark Terry]] - [[flugelhorn]], [[trumpet]] *John Ballo (tracks 3 & 4), [[Ernie Royal]], Phil Sunkel - trumpet *Lloyd Mayers - [[piano]] *[[Larry Gales]] - [[Bass (guitar)|bass]] *[[Ben Riley]] - [[Drum Kit|drums]] *[[Ray Barretto]] - [[congas]], [[bongos]] *Gil Lopez - [[arrangement|arranger]]

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis albums]] [[Category:1961 albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews]] [[Category:Riverside Records albums]]