Wings & Things

Wings & Things
Studio album by Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis
Released	1965
Recorded	July 26 & 27, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve V/V6 8630
Producer	Creed Taylor
Johnny Hodges chronology
Joe's Blues (1965) Wings & Things (1965) Inspired Abandon (1965)
Wild Bill Davis chronology
Free Frantic and Funky (1965) Wings & Things (1965) Live at Count Basie's (1966)

Wings & Things is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The group always swings, and it is interesting to hear Hodges in this setting".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

1. "Wings and Things" - 7:10
2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 3:08
3. "Imbo (Limbo Jazz)" (Duke Ellington) - 3:52
4. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:00
5. "Spotted Dog" - 7:20
6. "Cassanova" (Wild Bill Davis) - 2:43
7. "Dow De Dow Dow Dow" (Ellington, Hodges) - 3:22
8. "Peg o' My Heart" (Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher) - 3:26

Personnel

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Wild Bill Davis - organ (tracks 1 & 5-8)
• Lawrence Brown - trombone (tracks 1 & 3-8)
• Grant Green - guitar (tracks 1 & 3-8)
• Hank Jones - piano (tracks 2-4)
• Richard Davis - double bass
• Ben Dixon - drums

References

1. Verve Records Catalog: 8600 series accessed February 17, 2016
2. Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 17, 2016
3. Yanow, Scott. Wings & Things – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2016.