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Con Soul and Sax

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Released
  
1965

Con-Soul & Sax (1965)
  
Wings & Things (1965)

Label
  
RCA/Legacy

Producer
  
Joe René

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
January 7, 1965 RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City

Con-Soul & Sax (1965)
  
Free Frantic and Funky (1965)

Artists
  
Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis

Similar
  
Wild Bill Davis albums, Jazz albums

Con-Soul & Sax is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the RCA Victor label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

  1. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:45
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:13
  3. "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:09
  4. "Con-Soul and Sax" (Wild Bill Davis) - 4:51
  5. "The Jeep Is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington) - 2:25
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 3:25
  7. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 4:01
  8. "Drop Me Off in Harlem" (Ellington, Nick Kenny) - 4:24
  9. "No One" (Hodges, Mercer Ellington) - 3:19
  10. "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:06

Personnel

  • Wild Bill Davis - organ
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Dickie Thompson, Mundell Lowe - guitar
  • Milt Hinton, George Duvivier - double bass
  • Osie Johnson - drums

    • Songs

    1On the Sunny Side of the Street3:48
    2On Green Dolphin Street3:16
    3Lil' Darlin'4:11

    References

    Con-Soul & Sax Wikipedia
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