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.[1][2]

Blue Rabbit
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedMay 15 & 16, 1963 and April 28 & 30, 1964
NYC
GenreJazz
LabelVerve V/V6 8599
ProducerCreed Taylor
Johnny Hodges chronology
Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
(1964)
Blue Rabbit
(1964)
Con-Soul & Sax
(1965)
Wild Bill Davis chronology
Mess of Blues
(1963)
Blue Rabbit
(1964)
Free Frantic and Funky
(1965)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic     [3]

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".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Blues O' Mighty" (Johnny Hodges, Edith Hodges) - 4:54
  2. "Fiddler's Fancy" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:50
  3. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 3:17
  4. "Creole Love Call" (Duke Ellington) - 5:45
  5. "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons) - 4:15
  6. "Wisteria" (Mercer Ellington, Jimmy Jones) - 3:10
  7. "Satin Doll" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 2:28
  8. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 2:37
  9. "Mud Pie" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 4:10
  • Recorded in New York on May 15, 1963 (tracks 3 & 8), May 16, 1963 (track 4), April 28, 1964 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), and April 30, 1964 (tracks 6 & 9)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series accessed February 11, 2016
  2. ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 11, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Blue Rabbit – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2016.