The Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis Project vol 1 - Con-Soul & Jazz Wild Bill Is The Boss! [2CD]

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2007-07-23
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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Editor's Info:
THE JOHNNY HODGES/WILD BILL DAVIS PROJECT AN OUTSTANDING 4 VOLUME (5 CDs) PROJECT INCLUDING ALL OF HODGES AND DAVIS SMALL GROUP COLLABORATIONS EVER!!!
MOST OF THIS MATERIAL APPEARS HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER SINCE THE ORIGINAL LP ISSUE!!!
INCLUDES DETAILED 16 TO 24-PAGE BOOKLETS WITH PHOTOS AND COMPLETE INFORMATION!!
OUR PROJECT CONTAINS THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL ALBUMS:
Blue Hodge (1961) / Mess of Blues (1963) / Blue Rabbit (1964) / Joe's Blues (1965) / Wings and Things (1965) / Con-Soul & Sax (1965) / Blue Pyramid (1965) / In Atlantic City (1966)
PLUS BONUS TRACKS:
TWO COMPLETE 1966 JOHNNY HODGES' ALBUMS AS A BONUS, "Blue Notes" & "Stride Right" (the second, with Earl Hines) THE FOUR TRACKS FEATURING JOHNNY HODGES AND WILD BILL DAVIS FROM THE RARE 1963 BIG BAND ALBUM "Sandy's Gone" Celebrated jazzmen with deep blues roots, Johnny Hodges (1906-1970) and Wild Bill Davis (1918-1995) formed a prolific musical team with exquisite chemistry that was apparent from their first recording together (the 1961 album Blue Hodge) and would continue for nearly a decade. Hodges and Davis recorded a total of eight albums as co-leaders. The majority of these recordings, however, remained lost in obscurity after their original release and, with a few exceptions, have never been released on CD until now. All of these LPs are presented in their entirety on this project, which also includes numerous bonus tracks!

Vol.1, the only 2-CD set of the series, comprises the only two albums in which Wild Bill Davis was the primary session leader, and in which his name preceded that of Hodges in the original cover art (Con-Soul & Jazz and Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City). These albums usually appear on jazz discographies under Wild Bill's name.
In addition, we also have the album Blue Pyramid, in which Hodges' name is, as usual, the first one mentioned. The three albums, recorded in 1965 and 1966, were the last small group albums by this amazing team. As fillers at the end of Disc Two are 5 songs from the Hodges album Blue Notes and the four tracks featuring both Hodges and Wild Bill Davis from the Johnny Hodges/Claus Ogerman album Sandy's Gone.

muzycy:
JOHNNY HODGES (alto sax)
WILD BILL DAVIS (organ)
Plus collective personnel: Lawrence Brown (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Kenny Burrell & Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier (b) & Osie Johnson (d), among others.
Disc One, 1-10: CON-SOUL & SAX: New York, January 7, 1965.
Disc One, 11-17 & Disc Two, 1-3: WILD BILL DAVIS AND JOHNNY HODGES IN ATLANTIC CITY: Grace's Little Belmont, Atlantic City, August 10 and August 11 (CD1 tracks 11,12, 17 & CD 2 track 1), 1966.
Disc Two, 4-12: BLUE PYRAMID: New York, November/December, 1965 & January 17, 1966.
Disc Two, 13-17: From BLUE NOTES: New York, August 15 & 19, 1966.
Disc Two: 18-21: From SANDY'S GONE: New York, September 3, 1963.

utwory:
CD1
01. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
02. On Green Dolphin Street
03. Lil' Darlin'
04. Con Soul And Sax
05. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
06. I'm Beginning To See The Light
07. Sophisticated Lady
08. Drop Me Off In Harlem
09. No One
10. Johnny Come Lately
11. Just Squeeze Me
12. It's Only A Paper Moon
13. Taffy
14. Good Queen Bess
15. L.B. Blues
16. In A Mellow Tone
17. Rockville

CD2
01. I'll Always Love You
02. It Don't Mean A Thing
03. Belle Of The Belmont
04. Blues For Madeleine
05. When I'm Feeling Kinda Blue
06. Pyramid
07. Nonchalance
08. At Dawn
09. The Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown
10. Stormy Weather
11. Rabbit Out Of The Hat
12. Hash Brown
13. Blue Notes*
14. Say It Again*
15. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me*
16. Broad Walk*
17. L.B. Blues*
18. Sandy's Gone*
19. Candy's Theme*
20. The Caretakers Theme*
21. Again*
*Bonus Tracks

total time - 1CD-70:22; 2CD-73:53
wydano: 2007-04
nagrano: 1963-1965
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