MUSIC

Eddle "Lockjaw" Davis. Davis was born to play the tenor sax, it seems. Eight months after he bought his first horn, he was playing in Monroe's Uptown House in Hariem where the greatest jazz musicians of the time would match one another in all-night "cutting" sessions. Davis withdrew from the music scene in the early sixties, but he came back after a year to become a soloist and road manager for the Count Basic Band. Now on his own, he puts down a blues-based, funky sound that has charged listeners for three decades. At Sandy's Jazz Revival in Beverly through Aug. 16.

Betty Carter. Since her singing debut in 1946, Betty Carter has sung mostly in clubs, most of them in New Jersey. She built up a reputation as a "musicianly" and controlled singer, but, except for tour dates with Miles Davis in '59 and with Sonny Rollins in '64, has enjoyed only limited exposure. Thirty years ago she was "Betty Be-Bop" Carter. If your memory doesn't go back that far, you can see her at the Jazz Workshop through Aug. 17.

Ted Wolfe and Ed Sturbin. Ted Wolfe learned to play vibes with Gary Burton, and there's little better recommendation these days than that. Like Burton, Wolfe has a studied, subtle approach to his music, and the vibes provide the perfect vehicle for it. He and bassiat Sturbin have been working on transcriptions of piano music for vibes and bass, an interesting idea at least. Combined with their fine renditions of standards and original work, it promises a good evening Wednesday at Papillon, 1353b Beacon St. in Brookline.