Released 1964 Blue Rabbit(1964) Con-Soul & Sax(1965) | ||
Recorded May 15 & 16, 1963 and April 28 & 30, 1964NYC |
Blue Rabbit is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1964 and released on the Verve label.
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Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The music is fairly typical for a Hodges date, with four Ellington standards, some blues and some basic originals. In a few spots, the organists really do a good job of filling in for the Ellington Orchestra. Tasty and swinging music".
Track listing
- "Blues O' Mighty" (Johnny Hodges, Edith Hodges) - 4:54
- "Fiddler's Fancy" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:50
- "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 3:17
- "Creole Love Call" (Duke Ellington) - 5:45
- "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons) - 4:15
- "Wisteria" (Mercer Ellington, Jimmy Jones) - 3:10
- "Satin Doll" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 2:28
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 2:37
- "Mud Pie" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 4:10
Personnel
References
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