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

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Record Mirror

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

"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

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

Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed February 17, 2016
Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 17, 2016
^ 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.

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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