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Wings and Things

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Released
  
1965

Label
  
Verve V/V6 8630

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Recorded
  
July 26 & 27, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Wings & Things (1965)
  
Inspired Abandon (1965)

Wings & Things is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The group always swings, and it is interesting to hear Hodges in this setting".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

  1. "Wings and Things" - 7:10
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 3:08
  3. "Imbo (Limbo Jazz)" (Duke Ellington) - 3:52
  4. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:00
  5. "Spotted Dog" - 7:20
  6. "Cassanova" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:43
  7. "Dow De Dow Dow Dow" (Ellington, Hodges) - 3:22
  8. "Peg o' My Heart" (Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher) - 3:26

Personnel

  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Wild Bill Davis - organ (tracks 1 & 5-8)
  • Lawrence Brown - trombone (tracks 1 & 3-8)
  • Grant Green - guitar (tracks 1 & 3-8)
  • Hank Jones - piano (tracks 2-4)
  • Richard Davis - double bass
  • Ben Dixon - drums

    • References

    Wings & Things Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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