Con-Soul & Sax

Con-Soul & Sax
Con-Soul & Sax
Studio album by Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges
Released	1965
Recorded	January 7, 1965
Studio	RCA Victor, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	RCA Victor LPM-3393
Producer	Joe René
Johnny Hodges chronology
Wild Bill Davis chronology

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Record Mirror	^[3]

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.

[1] Discogs album entry accessed February 18, 2016

[Allmusic-2] Con-Soul & Sax – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[3] 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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v t e Johnny Hodges
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	Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (and Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, 1962) Joya Sherrill Sings Duke (Joya Sherrill, 1965) Cue for Saxophone (Billy Strayhorn, 1959) Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959) Duke with a Difference (Clark Terry, 1957)
Duke Ellington discography

v t e Wild Bill Davis
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums with Johnny Hodges	Mess of Blues (1963) Blue Rabbit (1963 & 1964) Con-Soul & Sax (1965) Joe's Blues (1965) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Pyramid (1965 & 1966) Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966)
Compositions	"Azure-Te (Paris Blues)" (1952)
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