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