Mess of Blues |
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Artist:
Johnny Hodges
Average Customer Rating: 
List Price: £11.99
Our Price: £7.98
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Disc 1:
| 1. Jones | | 2. I Cried For You | | 3. Love You Madly | | 4. Little John Little John | | 5. Stolen Sweets | | 6. & R Blues | | 7. Lost In Meditation | | 8. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | | 9. Tangerine | | 10. Creole Love Call | | 11. Caution Blues (Blues in Thirds) | | 12. Stride Right | | 13. Rosetta | | 14. Perdido | | 15. Fantastic That's You | | 16. Tale of the Fox | | 17. I'm Beginning to See the Light | | 18. C Jam Blues | | 19. Tippin' In |
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No Mess great jazz, 2007-05-03
Mess O Blues of this series of Hodge and wild bill this was johns favorite.he had a wonderful feel for the blues just try his grantz session with ben webster and charlie parker and see who comes out top on the long blues track. give him a listening drummer a solid bass a swinging keyboard and a fine sympathetic guitarist and he can swing and sway all the way . His demenour gave nothing away but his sound said everything a sound unmatched by any other sax player . so very beautiful full of soul yet capable of fast runs without loosing anything. Bill Davis plays a sensitive swinging spport sonding like the whole Basie band in full cry or quiet and gentle but always appropriate. they were and are unique I urge you to give these a listen try Blue Hodge as a starter .
sit back with your favorite tipple and relax
The Swinger
More relaxed swing from a master musician, 2007-07-09
The Hodges/Wild Bill Davis sessions were largely dismissed as 'pop jazz' when they were first released. The complete set has now been reissued by Lone Hill and is a splendid collection of almost forgotten music. This, the third volume in the series, contains the complete Verve album 'Mess of Blues' with Joe Wilder on trumpet joining Hodges in the front line and with Kenny Burrell on guitar adding a distinctive voice to the excellent rhythm section. As before, the tunes are a mixture of originals, standards, and numbers from the Duke Ellington band book. Hodges is in top form throughout with his solos on I Cried for You and Lost in Meditation being outstanding.
The album continues three tracks from 'Blue Rabbit' - where Davis is replaced on organ by Ray Jackson. They are all most enjoyable. Then comes a surprise with the inclusion of the complete 'Stride Right' which is a quite superb partnership between Hodges and Earl Hines. Caution Blues (Blues in Thirds) is a fine performance - easily as good as the original on Victor where, of course, Hines was partnered by Sidney Bechet. Hodges shows just how much he owed to the great New Orleans master of the soprano sax but the performance is in no way derivative and Hines his usual superlative self. The other tracks are just as good.
The sound quality is excellent and the album as a whole can be strongly recommended to all mainstream jazz lovers.
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 8436019582855
Label: Lonehill Jazz
Manufacturer: Lonehill Jazz
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Lonehill Jazz
Release Date: 2007-05-07
Studio: Lonehill Jazz |
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