Verve session · in the studio

December 27, 1965

Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis Septet

In the room

Johnny Hodges – alto sax
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet
Billy Butler – guitar
Wild Bill Davis – organ
Bob Bushnell – Fender bass
Herbie Lovelle – drums

The takes

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
65VK614	At Dawn	V-8635
65VK615	Blue Pyramid	V-8635

2 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 Pyramid (Verve V-8635)

V-8635 · 1966Blue PyramidJohnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis

Together elsewhere

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

4 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	V-8617	Joe's Blues	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1965	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Wild Bill Davis, Bob Bushnell

3 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
CL 6024	Mood Ellington	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1948	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 6073	Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1949	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1009	More Of Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1954	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1035	Alto Sax	Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1045	Creamy Featuring Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 825	Masterpieces By Ellington (In Uncut Concert Arrangements)	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1055	Ellingtonia '56	Johnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big Band	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1060	Used To Be Duke	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1541	The Nutcracker Suite	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1597	Selections From Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite Thursday	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-8355	Not So Dukish	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8452	Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra	Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra	1962	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
A-61	Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges	1964	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8630	Wings & Things	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1965	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Wild Bill Davis
V-4070	Ella At Duke's Place	Ella Fitzgerald With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1966	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
A-9108	Once Upon A Time	Earl Hines	1966	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
V-4072	Ella & Duke At The Cote D'Azur	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1967	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8701	Soul Call	Duke Ellington	1967	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton

2 of them 49 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7645	Duke Ellington's Orchestra · not on the site yet	Duke Ellington's Orchestra	1933	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-4	Al Hibbler Favorites	Al Hibbler	1954	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1004	Memories Of Ellington By Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1954	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGC-639	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
CL 663	Blue Light	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1021	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1024	Dance Bash	Johnny Hodges	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1048	Castle Rock	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
BCP-60	Historically Speaking - The Duke	Duke Ellington	1956	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 933	At Newport	Duke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-Stars	1956	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 934	Ellington At Newport	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1059	In A Tender Mood	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1061	The Blues	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGV-4000	Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs	Al Hibbler	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
BCP-6005	Duke Ellington Presents...	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 951	A Drum Is A Woman	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1957	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1033	Such Sweet Thunder	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1957	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-8230	The Anatomy Of Improvisation	Various Artists	1957	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1085	Ellington Indigos	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1958	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1245	Newport 1958	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1958	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-4008	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume One	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-4009	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume Two	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-8271	The Big Sound	Johnny Hodges And The Ellington Men	1958	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1323	Ellington Jazz Party	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1959	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-8341	Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record	Various Artists	1959	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1400	Festival Session	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 1445	Blues In Orbit	Duke Ellington	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
BCP-6035	Fifteen Star Saxophones	Various Artists	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
BCP-6037	Big Band Contrast	Various Artists	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
BCP-6040	A Jazz Version Of Highlights From The Opera: Porgy & Bess	Mel Torme, Frances Faye	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-8345	Side By Side	Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Plus Others	1960	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
PR 7709	King Curtis · not on the site yet	King Curtis	1961	Billy Butler, Bob Bushnell
PR 7775	King Curtis · not on the site yet	King Curtis	1961	Billy Butler, Bob Bushnell
V-8406	Blue Hodge	Johnny Hodges	1961	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis
BCP-6065	Golden Jazz Instrumentals	Various Artists	1962	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
A-26	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	1963	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
V-8552	Any Number Can Win	Jimmy Smith	1963	Bob Bushnell, Herbie Lovelle
A-99	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1	Various Artists	1964	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
V-8561	Sandy's Gone	Johnny Hodges	1964	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis
V-8570	Mess Of Blues	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1964	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis
V-8599	Blue Rabbit	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, Lawrence Brown
LP-754	Spectrum	Illinois Jacquet	1965	Billy Butler, Herbie Lovelle
MGV-8194	Compendium Of Jazz #1	Various Artists	1956+	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGV-8195	Compendium Of Jazz #2	Various Artists	1956+	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGV-8203	Duke's In Bed	Johnny Hodges And The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1956+	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8680	Blue Notes	Johnny Hodges	1967	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8726	Don't Sleep In The Subway	Johnny Hodges	1967	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8732	Hodges & Hines: Swing's Our Thing	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	1968	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton