Blue Rabbit is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1964 and released on the Verve label.[1][2]

Blue Rabbit
Studio album by Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
Released	1964
Recorded	May 15 & 16, 1963 and April 28 & 30, 1964 NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve V/V6 8599
Producer	Creed Taylor
Johnny Hodges chronology
Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964) Blue Rabbit (1964) Con-Soul & Sax (1965)
Wild Bill Davis chronology
Mess of Blues (1963) Blue Rabbit (1964) Free Frantic and Funky (1965)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The music is fairly typical for a Hodges date, with four Ellington standards, some blues and some basic originals. In a few spots, the organists really do a good job of filling in for the Ellington Orchestra. Tasty and swinging music".[3]

Track listing

1. "Blues O' Mighty" (Johnny Hodges, Edith Hodges) - 4:54
2. "Fiddler's Fancy" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:50
3. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 3:17
4. "Creole Love Call" (Duke Ellington) - 5:45
5. "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons) - 4:15
6. "Wisteria" (Mercer Ellington, Jimmy Jones) - 3:10
7. "Satin Doll" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 2:28
8. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 2:37
9. "Mud Pie" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 4:10

• Recorded in New York on May 15, 1963 (tracks 3 & 8), May 16, 1963 (track 4), April 28, 1964 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), and April 30, 1964 (tracks 6 & 9)

Personnel

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Wild Bill Davis (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9), Ray Jackson (tracks 3, 4 & 8) - organ
• Kenny Burrell (tracks 3, 4 & 8), Mundell Lowe (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9) - guitar
• Richard Davis (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9), Jack Lesberg (track 4), Wendell Marshall (tracks 3 & 8) - double bass
• Bobby Donaldson (tracks 3, 4 & 8), Osie Johnson (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9) - drums

References