The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Collection
In 2014, the family of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis was looking for a home for his personal collection. They were referred to the National Jazz Museum in Harlem by the widow of another jazz giant, Mrs. Frank (Cecelia) Foster. As a native New Yorker and given his close connection with Harlem, it was a natural fit to bring the "Jaws" collection home. The Museum's Founding Director and Senior Scholar Loren Schoenberg traveled to the Davis home in Las Vegas, and carefully boxed and shipped the large archive...