Joe's Blues (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)

Joe's Blues is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.[1][2]

Joe's Blues
Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedJanuary 6 & 7, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length36:38
LabelVerve V/V6 8617
ProducerCreed Taylor
Johnny Hodges chronology
Con-Soul & Sax
(1965)
Joe's Blues
(1965)
Wings & Things
(1965)
Wild Bill Davis chronology
Con-Soul & Sax
(1965)
Joe's Blues
(1965)
Wings & Things
(1965)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
Record Mirror     [4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

Track listing edit

  1. "Joe's Blues" (Wild Bill Davis) - 6:03
  2. "I'll Walk Alone" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:23
  3. "Harmony in Harlem" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Johnny Hodges) - 3:30
  4. "Warm Valley" (Ellington) - 4:27
  5. "Wild Bill Blues" (Hodges) - 5:10
  6. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) - 4:55
  7. "Solitude" (Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) - 6:00
  8. "Clementine" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:10

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed February 17, 2016
  2. ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 17, 2016
  3. ^ a b Joe's Blues – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  4. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (30 September 1965). "Johnny Hodges; Wild Bill Davis: Joe's Blues" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 238. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.