Blue Rabbit

Blue Rabbit
Blue Rabbit
Studio album by Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
Released	1964
Recorded	May 15 & 16, 1963 and April 28 & 30, 1964 ; NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve V/V6 8599
Producer	Creed Taylor
Johnny Hodges chronology
Wild Bill Davis chronology

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

"Blues O' Mighty" (Johnny Hodges, Edith Hodges) - 4:54

"Fiddler's Fancy" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:50

"Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 3:17
"Creole Love Call" (Duke Ellington) - 5:45
"
Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington
, Ted Parsons) - 4:15

"Wisteria" (Mercer Ellington, Jimmy Jones) - 3:10
"Satin Doll" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 2:28
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 2:37
"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

Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
organ
Kenny Burrell (tracks 3, 4 & 8), Mundell Lowe (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9) - guitar
Richard Davis (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9), Jack Lesberg (track 4), Wendell Marshall (tracks 3 & 8) - double bass
Bobby Donaldson (tracks 3, 4 & 8), Osie Johnson (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9) - drums

References

^ Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series accessed February 11, 2016
^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 11, 2016
^
AllMusic
. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

[Verve_discography-1] Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series accessed February 11, 2016

[2] Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 11, 2016

[Allmusic-3] 
AllMusic
. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

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v t e Johnny Hodges
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Castle Rock (1951–52) In a Tender Mood (1951–52) The Blues (1952–54) Used to Be Duke (1954) Creamy (1955) Duke's in Bed (1956) Ellingtonia '56 (1956) The Big Sound (1957) Blues A-Plenty (1958) Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958) Not So Dukish (1958) Side by Side (and Duke Ellington, 1958–59) Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Blue Hodge (1961) Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961) Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963–64) Sandy's Gone (1963) Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963) Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65) Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66) Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66) Inspired Abandon (and Lawrence Brown, 1965) Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965) Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965) Blue Notes (1966) Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966) Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967) Triple Play (1967) Rippin' & Runnin' (1968) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With others	Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (and Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, 1962) Joya Sherrill Sings Duke (Joya Sherrill, 1965) Cue for Saxophone (Billy Strayhorn, 1959) Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959) Duke with a Difference (Clark Terry, 1957)
Duke Ellington discography

v t e Wild Bill Davis
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums with Johnny Hodges	Mess of Blues (1963) Blue Rabbit (1963 & 1964) Con-Soul & Sax (1965) Joe's Blues (1965) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Pyramid (1965 & 1966) Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966)
Compositions	"Azure-Te (Paris Blues)" (1952)
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