Arnett Cobb's debut for Prestige and his first recording as a leader in three years (due to a serious car accident in 1956) is an explosive affair.
Cobb is matched up with fellow tough tenor
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and there are plenty of sparks set off by their encounter. With organist
Wild Bill Davis, bassist
George Duvivier, and drummer
Arthur Edgehill keeping the proceedings heated,
Cobb and
Davis tangle on a variety of basic material, alternating uptempo romps such as "Go Power" and "Go Red Go" with slightly more sober pieces highlighted by "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." This is a great matchup (reissued on CD through the OJC imprint) that lives up to its potential.