Mess of Blues (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)

Mess of Blues is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Verve label.^[1]^[2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Hodges plays typically beautifully on such numbers as "I Cried for You," "Lost in Meditation" and "Stolen Sweets" and, although no real surprises occur (and the playing time at around a half-hour is quite brief), the performances are up to par".^[3] Of the seven studio albums recorded by Hodges and Wild Bill Davis from 1961 to 1966, Mess of Blues is the only album that does not utilize a bass player (though the live session Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City similarly forgoes a bass player).

Track listing

"Jones" (Duke Ellington, Pauline Reddon) - 4:43
"I Cried for You" (Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Gus Arnheim) - 3:02
"Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) - 3:51
"Little John, Little John" (Johnny Hodges) - 4:03
"Stolen Sweets" (Wild Bill Davis) - 3:14
"A&R Blues" (Hodges) - 6:07
"Lost in Meditation" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol, Lou Singer) - 3:17

Personnel

References

^ Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series accessed February 11, 2016
^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 11, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Mess of Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

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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This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 23:08