Blue Rabbit
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Blue Rabbit
| type = Album
| artist = Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
| cover = Blue_Rabbit.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = May 15 & 16, 1963 and April 28 & 30, 1964
NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Verve V/V6 8599
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Johnny Hodges
| prev_title = Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = Con-Soul & Sax
| next_year = 1965
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Wild Bill Davis
| type = studio album
| prev_title = Mess of Blues
| prev_year = 1963
| title = Blue Rabbit
| year = 1964
| next_title = Free Frantic and Funky
| next_year = 1965
}}
}}
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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8500-series/#v-v6-8599 Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series] accessed February 11, 2016[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/verve.pdf Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels] accessed February 11, 2016
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
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".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0001881495 |title=Blue Rabbit – Review |accessdate=February 12, 2016}}
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
- Wild Bill Davis (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9), Ray Jackson (tracks 3, 4 & 8) - 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
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Category:Wild Bill Davis albums