Verve session · in the studio

April 28, 1964

Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis Quintet

In the room

Johnny Hodges – alto sax
Mundell Lowe – guitar
Wild Bill Davis – organ
Richard Davis – bass
Osie Johnson – drums

The takes

1 of these 5 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.

What the numbers mean

Norman Granz's labels numbered the tunes they recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
64VK337	I'll Walk Alone	Not issued at the time
64VK338	Blues O' Mighty	V-8599
64VK339	Things Ain't What They Used To Be	V-8599
64VK340	Satin Doll	V-8599
64VK488	Fiddler's Fancy	V-8599

5 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis – Blue Rabbit (Verve V-8599)

V-8599 · 1964Blue RabbitJohnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

3 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	V-8561	Sandy's Gone	Johnny Hodges	1964	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis, Osie Johnson
	V-8630	Wings & Things	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1965	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis, Richard Davis

2 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGN-1004	Memories Of Ellington By Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1954	Johnny Hodges, Osie Johnson
MG-36072	Scotch On The Rocks	Joe Saye	1956	Mundell Lowe, Osie Johnson
V-8406	Blue Hodge	Johnny Hodges	1961	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis
PR 7712	Jimmy Forrest With The Oliver Nelson Big Band · not on the site yet	Jimmy Forrest With The Oliver Nelson Big Band	1962	Mundell Lowe, Richard Davis
V-8492	The Eleventh Hour	Johnny Hodges	1962	Johnny Hodges, Osie Johnson
A-55	Tell It The Way It Is!	Paul Gonsalves	1963	Johnny Hodges, Osie Johnson
A-65	See You At The Fair	Ben Webster	1964	Richard Davis, Osie Johnson
A-74	The Voice That Is!	Johnny Hartman	1964	Richard Davis, Osie Johnson
A-99	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1	Various Artists	1964	Richard Davis, Osie Johnson
V-8555	The Individualism Of Gil Evans	Gil Evans Orchestra	1964	Richard Davis, Osie Johnson
V-8570	Mess Of Blues	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1964	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis
A-89	Inspired Abandon	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars With Johnny Hodges	1965	Johnny Hodges, Richard Davis
PR 7346	Now! Hear!	Andy And The Bey Sisters	1965	Richard Davis, Osie Johnson
V-8617	Joe's Blues	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1965	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis
V-8635	Blue Pyramid	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1966	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis
V-8647	Stride Right	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	1966	Johnny Hodges, Richard Davis
A-9108	Once Upon A Time	Earl Hines	1966	Johnny Hodges, Richard Davis
V-8677	Encyclopedia Of Jazz (In The Sixties) Volume One: The Blues	Leonard Feather	1967	Johnny Hodges, Richard Davis