Blue Pyramid (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album) explained

Blue Pyramid
Type:Album
Artist:Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
Cover:Blue Pyramid (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album).jpg
Released:1966
Recorded:November 19, 1965, December 27, 1965 and January 17, 1966
Studio:NYC
Genre:Jazz
Length:33:02
Label:Verve V/V6 8635
Producer:Creed Taylor
Chronology:Johnny Hodges
Prev Title:Stride Right
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City
Next Year:1966

Blue Pyramid is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in late 1965 and early 1966 and released on the Verve label.[1] [2]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Although the blues feeling (as pointed out in the liner notes) is emphasized throughout the date, many of the songs, including "The Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown" and "Stormy Weather," are not really blues, but only bluesy. Overall this is a fine outing".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except where noted

  1. "Blues for Madeleine" – 4:48
  2. "Feelin' Kinda Blues" (Gerald Wilson) – 2:30
  3. "Pyramid" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 2:10
  4. "Nonchalance" (Wild Bill Davis) – 4:45
  5. "At Dawn" (Johnny Hodges, Thomas Whaley) – 3:00
  6. "The Brown-Skin Gal in the Calico Gown" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:35
  7. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:56
  8. "Rabbit Out of the Hat" – 5:10
  9. "Hash Brown" – 4:00

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8600-series/#v-v6-8635 Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series
  2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/verve.pdf Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels