Con-Soul & Sax is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the RCA Victor label.[1] The title is a play on words based on the term "console organ", which is a term for an organ having at least two 61-note manuals and a 25-note radiating pedal clavier. Both the Hammond B-3 and C-3, which Davis played most frequently, are console organs.
Reception
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]
Track listing
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:45
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:13
- "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:09
- "Con-Soul and Sax" (Wild Bill Davis) - 4:51
- "The Jeep Is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington) - 2:25
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 3:25
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 4:01
- "Drop Me Off in Harlem" (Ellington, Nick Kenny) - 4:24
- "No One" (Hodges, Mercer Ellington) - 3:19
- "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:06
Personnel
- Wild Bill Davis - organ
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Dickie Thompson - lead guitar
- Mundell Lowe - rhythm guitar
- Milt Hinton, George Duvivier - double bass
- Osie Johnson - drums
References
- ^ Discogs album entry accessed February 18, 2016
- ^ a b Con-Soul & Sax – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (30 April 1966). "Wild Bill Davis, Johnny Hodges: Con-Soul" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 268. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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