Wings & Things
{{Infobox album
| name = Wings & Things
| type = Album
| artist = Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
| cover = Wings_&_Things.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1965
| recorded = July 26 & 27, 1965
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:01
| label = Verve V/V6 8630
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Johnny Hodges
| prev_title = Joe's Blues
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = Inspired Abandon
| next_year = 1965
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Wild Bill Davis
| type = studio album
| prev_title = Free Frantic and Funky
| prev_year = 1965
| title = Wings & Things
| year = 1965
| next_title = Blue Pyramid
| next_year = 1966
}}
}}
Wings & Things is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8600-series/#v-v6-8630 Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series] accessed February 17, 2016[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/verve.pdf Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels] accessed February 17, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The group always swings, and it is interesting to hear Hodges in this setting".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000867611 |title=Wings & Things – Review |accessdate=February 17, 2016}}
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as noted
- "Wings and Things" - 7:10
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 3:08
- "Imbo (Limbo Jazz)" (Duke Ellington) - 3:52
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:00
- "Spotted Dog" - 7:20
- "Cassanova" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:43
- "Dow De Dow Dow Dow" (Ellington, Hodges) - 3:22
- "Peg o' My Heart" (Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher) - 3:26
Personnel
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Wild Bill Davis - organ (tracks 1 & 5-8)
- Lawrence Brown - trombone (tracks 1 & 3-8)
- Grant Green - guitar (tracks 1 & 3-8)
- Hank Jones - piano (tracks 2-4)
- Richard Davis - double bass
- Ben Dixon - drums
References
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