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]
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | January 6 & 7, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:38 | |||
| Label | Verve V/V6 8617 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Record Mirror | [4] |
Track listing
edit- "Joe's Blues" (Wild Bill Davis) - 6:03
- "I'll Walk Alone" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:23
- "Harmony in Harlem" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Johnny Hodges) - 3:30
- "Warm Valley" (Ellington) - 4:27
- "Wild Bill Blues" (Hodges) - 5:10
- "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) - 4:55
- "Solitude" (Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) - 6:00
- "Clementine" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:10
Personnel
edit- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Wild Bill Davis - organ
- Lawrence Brown - trombone
- Grant Green - guitar
- Bob Cranshaw - double bass (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7)
- Bob Bushnell - electric bass (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8)
- Grady Tate - drums
References
edit- ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed February 17, 2016
- ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 17, 2016
- ^ a b Joe's Blues – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ 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.
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