Con-Soul & Sax

Con-Soul & Sax
Studio album by Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges
Released	1965
Recorded	January 7, 1965
Studio	RCA Victor, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	RCA Victor LPM-3393
Producer	Joe René
Johnny Hodges chronology
Blue Rabbit (1964) Con-Soul & Sax (1965) Joe's Blues (1965)
Wild Bill Davis chronology
Free Frantic and Funky (1965) Con-Soul & Sax (1965) Joe's Blues (1965)

Con-Soul & Sax is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the RCA Victor label. ^[1] The title is a play on words based on the term "console organ", which is a term for an organ having at least two 61-note manuals and a 25-note radiating pedal clavier. Both the Hammond B-3 and C-3, which Davis played most frequently, are console organs.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Record Mirror	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:45
2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:13
3. "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:09
4. "Con-Soul and Sax" (Wild Bill Davis) - 4:51
5. "The Jeep Is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington) - 2:25
6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 3:25
7. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 4:01
8. "Drop Me Off in Harlem" (Ellington, Nick Kenny) - 4:24
9. "No One" (Hodges, Mercer Ellington) - 3:19
10. "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:06

Personnel

• Wild Bill Davis - organ
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Dickie Thompson - lead guitar
• Mundell Lowe - rhythm guitar
• Milt Hinton, George Duvivier - double bass
• Osie Johnson - drums

References

1. Discogs album entry accessed February 18, 2016
2. Con-Soul & Sax – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved February 17, 2016.
3. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (April 30, 1966). "Wild Bill Davis, Johnny Hodges: Con-Soul" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 268. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.