• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD
Second installment in this four volume series from the celebrated jazzmen with deep Blues roots, a prolific musical team with exquisite chemistry. Volume Two includes the two complete albums Joe's Blues and Wings & Things, in which guitarist Grant Green plays with the two masters.
PERSONNEL:
- JOHNNY HODGES, alto sax, WILD BILL DAVIS, organ & GRANT GREEN, guitar
- On all tracks, with :
- [1-8]: JOE’S BLUES:
- LAWRENCE BROWN, trombone
- BOB BUSHNELL or BOB CRANSHAW, bass
- GRADY TATE, drums
- New York, January 6, 1965
- [9-16]: WINGS AND THINGS:
- LAWRENCE BROWN, trombone
- HANK JONES, piano, replaces Wild Bill Davis on 14-16
- RICHARD DAVIS, bass
- BEN DIXON, drums
- New Jersey, July 27, 1965.
TRACKS:
- 01. JOE’S BLUES
- 02. I’LL WALK ALONE
- 03. HARMONY IN HARLEM
- 04. WARM VALLEY
- 05. WILD BILL BLUES
- 06. SOMEBODY LOVES ME
- 07. SOLITUDE
- 08. CLEMENTINE
- 09. WINGS AND THINGS
- 10. SPOTTED DOG
- 11. CASANOVA
- 12. DOW DE DOW DOW DOW
- 13. PEG O’ MY HEART
- 14. THE NEARNESS OF YOU (*)
- 15 IMBO (*)
- 16 TAKE THE “A” TRAIN (*)