Joe's Blues (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)

Joe's Blues
Studio album by Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
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
Johnny Hodges chronology
Con-Soul & Sax (1965) Joe's Blues (1965) Wings & Things (1965)
Wild Bill Davis chronology
Con-Soul & Sax (1965) Joe's Blues (1965) Wings & Things (1965)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Record Mirror	[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

Track listing

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

Personnel

• 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

1. Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed February 17, 2016
2. Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 17, 2016
3. Joe's Blues – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
4. 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.