# The First Set

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1964 live album by The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet

The First Set Live album by The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet Released 1964 Recorded January 6, 1961 Minton's Playhouse, New York City Genre Jazz Label Prestige PRLP 7309 Producer Esmond Edwards Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology Griff & Lock (1960) The First Set (1964) The Tenor Scene (1961) Johnny Griffin chronology Griff & Lock (1960) The First Set (1964) The Tenor Scene (1961)

***The First Set*** is a [live album](/source/Live_album) by saxophonists [Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis](/source/Eddie_%22Lockjaw%22_Davis) and [Johnny Griffin](/source/Johnny_Griffin) recorded at [Minton's Playhouse](/source/Minton's_Playhouse) in 1961 and released on the [Prestige](/source/Prestige_Records) label.[1] The album was the second release from the recordings at Minton's after *[The Tenor Scene](/source/The_Tenor_Scene)*.

## Track listing

1. "[Billie's Bounce](/source/Billie's_Bounce)" ([Charlie Parker](/source/Charlie_Parker)) - 8:43

1. "[Epistrophy](/source/Epistrophy_(composition))" ([Thelonious Monk](/source/Thelonious_Monk), [Kenny Clarke](/source/Kenny_Clarke)) - 7:17

1. "[Well, You Needn't](/source/Well%2C_You_Needn't)" (Monk) - 8:58

1. "[I'll Remember April](/source/I'll_Remember_April_(song))" ([Gene de Paul](/source/Gene_de_Paul), Patricia Johnston, [Don Raye](/source/Don_Raye)) - 8:05

## Personnel

- [Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis](/source/Eddie_%22Lockjaw%22_Davis), [Johnny Griffin](/source/Johnny_Griffin) - [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone)

- [Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance) - [piano](/source/Piano)

- [Larry Gales](/source/Larry_Gales) - [bass](/source/Double_bass)

- [Ben Riley](/source/Ben_Riley) - [drums](/source/Drum_Kit)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Johnny Griffin discography](http://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-griffin/catalog/#prestige-prlp-7309) accessed July 12, 2012

v t e Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Studio albums Cookbook (1958) Jaws (1958) Cookbook, Vol. 2 (1958) Cookbook Volume 3 (1958) Smokin' (1958) Very Saxy (1959) Jaws in Orbit (1959) Bacalao (1959) With Shirley Scott (1960) Misty (1960) Afro-Jaws (1960) Battle Stations (1960) Trane Whistle (1960) Tough Tenors (1960) Griff & Lock (1960) The Midnight Show (1961) Lookin' at Monk! (1961) Blues Up & Down (1961) Tough Tenor Favorites (1962) Jawbreakers (1962) Goin' to the Meeting (1962) I Only Have Eyes for You (1962) Trackin' (1962) Lock, the Fox (1966) The Fox & the Hounds (1967) Love Calls (1968) Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (1970) Live albums The Battle of Birdland (1954) The First Set (1961) The Tenor Scene (1961) The Late Show (1961) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (1975) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977) Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (1983)

v t e Johnny Griffin Studio albums Introducing Johnny Griffin (1957) A Blowin' Session (1957) The Congregation (1958) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Johnny Griffin (1958) Way Out! (1958) The Little Giant (1959) The Big Soul-Band (1960) Battle Stations (1960) Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party (1960) Tough Tenors (1960) Griff & Lock (1960) Lookin' at Monk! (1961) Change of Pace (1961) Blues Up & Down (1961) White Gardenia (1961) The Kerry Dancers (1961) Tough Tenor Favorites (1962) Grab This! (1962) Soul Groove (1963) Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me (1963) Night Lady (1964) Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (1970) Birds and Ballads (1978) Bush Dance (1979) Return of the Griffin (1979) To the Ladies (1982) Call It Whachawana (1983) Live albums The First Set (1961) The Tenor Scene (1961) The Late Show (1961) The Midnight Show (1961) Blues for Harvey (1973) NYC Underground (1981)

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