JOHNNY HODGES | WILD BILL DAVIS - Con-Soul and Jazz + Wild Bill Is the Boss ! (2007) 2xCD | FLAC (tracks), lossless

When the Lone Hill Jazz reissue label took on most of the many collaborative albums by alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis, the project extended over several volumes, including Mess of Blues, Blue Hodge, and Joe's Blues. Released in 2007, Con-Soul & Jazz/Wild Bill Is the Boss! is the only double-disc set in the series. This hefty helping of groove-oriented mainstream organ combo jazz combines the albums Con-Soul & Jazz, In Atlantic City, and Blue Pyramid, which date from the years 1965 and 1966. The compilation is rounded off with selections from the albums Blue Notes and Sandy's Gone, bringing the scope of the time line back to 1963. The Atlantic City recordings were made at a club called Grace's Little Belmont, and the Blue Notes album was taped about a week later in mid-August 1966. These would be the last of the Davis/Hodges collaborations, a fortuitous meeting of minds which began in August 1961 with the album Blue Hodge and ended almost exactly five years later. arwulf arwulf
Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges
"Con-Soul And Sax"
1.1     On the Sunny Side of the Street 3'51
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
1.2     On Green Dolphin Street 3'17
Washington / Kaper    
1.3     Lil' Darlin' 4'13
Neal Hefti
1.4     Con Soul and Sax 4'56
Wild Bill Davis
1.5     The Jeep Is Jumpin' 2'29
Duke Ellington
1.6     I'm Beginning to See the Light 3'29
D. Ellington / Hodges / George     
1.7     Sophisticated Lady 4'05
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills    
1.8     Drop Me off in Harlem 4'25
Duke Ellington    
1.9     No One 3'24
Mercer Ellington / Johnny Hodges    
1.10     Johnny Come Lately 3'07
Billy Strayhorn    
Wild Bill Davis And Johnny Hodges - In Atlantic City
1.11     Just Squeeze Me 4'46
Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines    
1.12     It's Only a Paper Moon 2'59    
Arlen / Harburg / Rose
1.13     Taffy 5'43
Wild Bill Davis / Johnny Hodges    
1.14     Good Queen Bess 3'22
Johnny Hodges    
1.15     L.B. Blues 5'40
Johnny Hodges    
1.16     In a Mellow Tone 3'52
Duke Ellington    
1.17     Rockville 6'36
Johnny Hodges
2.1     I'll Always Love You 3'51
Wild Bill Davis    
2.2     It Don't Mean a Thing 5'43
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills    
2.3     Belle of the Belmont 4'56
Mercer Ellington / Johnny Hodges    
Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - Blue Pyramid
2.4     Blues for Madeleine 4'53
Johnny Hodges    
2.5     When I'm Feeling Kinda Blue 2'30
Duke Ellington    
2.6     Pyramid 2'21
Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol    
2.7     Nonchalance 4'46
Johnny Hodges
2.8     At Dawn 3'11
Johnny Hodges / Tom Whaley    
2.9     The Brown-Skin Gal in the Calico Gown 2'43
Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster    
2.10     Stormy Weather 3'59
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler    
2.11     Rabbit out of the Hat 5'15
Mercer Ellington / Johnny Hodges    
2.12     Hash Brown 4'00
Johnny Hodges    
Johnny Hodges – Blue Notes
2.13     Blue Notes 2'52
Johnny Hodges    
2.14     Say It Again 3'29
Johnny Hodges    
2.15     I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 3'23
Clarence Gaskill / Jimmy McHugh    
2.16     Broad Walk 3'38
Johnny Hodges    
2.17     L.B. Blues 4'01
Johnny Hodges    
Johnny Hodges - Sandy's Gone
2.18     Sandy's Gone 2'11
Claus Ogerman    
2.19     Candy's Theme 2'10    
Nelson    
2.20     The Caretakers Theme 2'03
Elmer Bernstein    
2.21     Again 1'52
Dorcas Cochran / Lionel Newman
All Credits :
Notas.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-10 recorded in New York on January 7, 1965, and issued as Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges - Con-Soul And Sax.
Tracks 1-11 to 2-3 recorded in Atlantic City on August 10 and 11, 1966, and issued as Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges - In Atlantic City.
Track 2-12 recorded on November 19, 1965, tracks 2-5, 2-6, 2-8 and 2-9 recorded on December 27, 1965, and tracks 2-4, 2-7, 2-10 and 2-11 recorded on January 17, 1966, and issued as Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis - Blue Pyramid.
Tracks 2-13 and 2-14 recorded on August 15, 1966, and tracks 2-15 to 2-17 recorded on August 19, 1966, and issued as part of Johnny Hodges - Blue Notes.
Tracks 2-18 to 2-21 recorded on September 3, 1963, and issued as part of Johnny Hodges - Sandy's Gone.