The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson is a 1975 live album by the tenor saxophonists Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, featuring the pianist Oscar Peterson.

Reception

Bill Holland, writing for Billboard, said "[w]alk up to a friend who likes...jazz", listed the personnel, then said "get ready for a major smile", and mentioned that "Davis plays Coleman Hawkins to Sims' Lester Young".

The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson

Ken Dryden's AllMusic review says that the album "was an inspired idea, because each of the two tenor saxophonists approach the instrument differently...highly recommended." He calls the rhythm section "a great one...providing plenty of fuel for the featured soloists."

The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson

Track listing

"The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 10:42

"My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 2:49

"Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:11

"There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 8:17

"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:32 "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 9:03 "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 7:32 "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 10:24

The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson

Personnel

Performance

Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone

Oscar Peterson – piano

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass

Louie Bellson – drums

Production

Norman Granz - producer

Jamie Putnam - art direction

Ted Williams - photography

Deb Sibony - design

References

1975 live albums

Zoot Sims live albums

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis live albums

Oscar Peterson live albums

Albums produced by Norman Granz

Pablo Records live albums