Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis | Joe's Blues

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.

Johnny Hodges

Expressive jazz saxophonist who was a mainstay of the Duke Ellington Orchestra as well as leading his own combo.
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Wild Bill Davis

With the dynamic, swirling sounds of his Hammond B-3 organ, Wild Bill Davis provided a bridge from the big band swing of the 1930s and '40s to the organ-driven R&B of the 1950s and early '60s. Together…
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Johnny Hodge

Wild Bill Davis Joe's Blues

A1 "Joe's Blues" (Wild Bill Davis) - 6:03 A2 "I'll Walk Alone" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:23 A3 "Harmony in Harlem" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Johnny Hodges) - 3:30 A4 "Warm Valley" (Ellington) - 4:27 B1 "Wild Bill Blues" (Hodges) - 5:10 B2 "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) - 4:55 B3 "Solitude" (Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) - 6:00 B4 "Clementine" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:10

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 Recorded

January 6 & 7, 1965 Studio Van Gelder Studio,

Englewood Cliffs,

NJ