Mess of Blues (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)

Mess of Blues
Studio album by Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
Released 1964
Recorded September 3 & 4, 1963
NYC
Genre Jazz
Label Verve V/V6 8570
Producer Creed Taylor
Johnny Hodges chronology
Sandy's Gone
(1963)Sandy's Gone1963		 Mess of Blues
(1963)		 Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
(1964)Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges1964
Wild Bill Davis chronology
Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Bill Davis
(1963) Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Wild Bill Davis1963		 Mess of Blues
(1963) Mess of Blues1963		 Blue Rabbit
(1964) Blue Rabbit1964

Mess of Blues is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Verve label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Hodges plays typically beautifully on such numbers as "I Cried for You," "Lost in Meditation" and "Stolen Sweets" and, although no real surprises occur (and the playing time at around a half-hour is quite brief), the performances are up to par".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Jones" (Duke Ellington, Pauline Reddon) - 4:43
  2. "I Cried for You" (Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Gus Arnheim) - 3:02
  3. "Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) - 3:51
  4. "Little John, Little John" (Johnny Hodges) - 4:03
  5. "Stolen Sweets" (Wild Bill Davis) - 3:14
  6. "A&R Blues" (Hodges) - 6:07
  7. "Lost in Meditation" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol, Lou Singer) - 3:17

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series accessed February 11, 2016
  2. ↑ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 11, 2016
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Mess of Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
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