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

}}

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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

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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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

  1. "Blues O' Mighty" (Johnny Hodges, Edith Hodges) - 4:54
  2. "Fiddler's Fancy" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:50
  3. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 3:17
  4. "Creole Love Call" (Duke Ellington) - 5:45
  5. "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons) - 4:15
  6. "Wisteria" (Mercer Ellington, Jimmy Jones) - 3:10
  7. "Satin Doll" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 2:28
  8. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 2:37
  9. "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

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