Blue Pyramid (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)
Blue Pyramid | ||||
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Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | November 19, 1965, December 27, 1965 and January 17, 1966 | |||
Studio | NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:02 | |||
Label | Verve V/V6 8635 | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Blue Pyramid is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in late 1965 and early 1966 and released on the Verve label.[1][2]
Reception[]
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Although the blues feeling (as pointed out in the liner notes) is emphasized throughout the date, many of the songs, including "The Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown" and "Stormy Weather," are not really blues, but only bluesy. Overall this is a fine outing".[3]
Track listing[]
All compositions by Johnny Hodges except where noted
- "Blues for Madeleine" – 4:48
- "Feelin' Kinda Blues" (Gerald Wilson) – 2:30
- "Pyramid" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 2:10
- "Nonchalance" (Wild Bill Davis) – 4:45
- "At Dawn" (Johnny Hodges, Thomas Whaley) – 3:00
- "The Brown-Skin Gal in the Calico Gown" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:35
- "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:56
- "Rabbit Out of the Hat" – 5:10
- "Hash Brown" – 4:00
Personnel[]
- Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
- Wild Bill Davis – organ (tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
- Lawrence Brown- trombone
- Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
- Jimmy Jones – piano (track 5)
- Billy Butler – guitar
- Bob Bushnell – bass (tracks 1-3 & 5-9)
- Johnny Hodges Jr. (track 6), Herbie Lovelle (tracks 2, 3 & 5), Joe Marshall (tracks 1, 4 & 6-9) – drums
References[]
- ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed July 27, 2017
- ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed July 27, 2017
- ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, Scott. Blue Pyramid – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
Categories:
- Johnny Hodges albums
- Wild Bill Davis albums
- 1966 albums
- Albums produced by Creed Taylor
- Verve Records albums