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1966 studio album by Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
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.
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Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
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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".
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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
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader
Castle Rock (1951–52)
In a Tender Mood (1951–52)
The Blues (1952–54)
Used to Be Duke (1954)
Creamy (1955)
Duke's in Bed (1956)
Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
The Big Sound (1957)
Blues A-Plenty (1958)
Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958)
Not So Dukish (1958)
Side by Side (and
Duke Ellington , 1958–59)
Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959)
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
Blue Hodge (1961)
Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961)
Blue Rabbit (and
Wild Bill Davis , 1963–64)
Sandy's Gone (1963)
Mess of Blues (and
Wild Bill Davis , 1963)
Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65)
Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66)
Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66)
Inspired Abandon (and
Lawrence Brown , 1965)
Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
Blue Notes (1966)
Stride Right (and
Earl Hines , 1966)
Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966)
Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967)
Triple Play (1967)
Rippin' & Runnin' (1968)
3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums with
Johnny Hodges Compositions Related articles