• Source: Blue Pyramid (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)

    • 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.


    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

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


    Personnel


    Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
    Wild Bill Davis – organ (tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
    Lawrence Brown- trombone
    Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
    Jimmy Jones – piano (track 5)
    Billy Butler – guitar
    Bob Bushnell – bass (tracks 1-3 & 5-9)
    Johnny Hodges Jr. (track 6), Herbie Lovelle (tracks 2, 3 & 5), Joe Marshall (tracks 1, 4 & 6-9) – drums


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