Johnny Hodges-Wild Bill Davis

[White Lightning]

Hi, I need your (collective) help:

I have avery nice compilation on the British "Camden" label, titled:

On The Way Up: The RCA Sessions 1965-1967 featuring Wild Bill Davis

But no other discographical details - Dates, musicians etc.

I do hear a lot of Lawrence Brown there (and possibly another bone player on some tracks?), but I can't recognize the guitarist(s)

Can someone help me with some discographical info?

The track list is:

1. On the way up

2. Take 'em off, take 'em off

3. The Jeep is jumping

4. Monkey on the limb

5. C-jam blues

6. On green dolphin street

7. Con soul and sax

8. For jammers only

9. No one

10. Drop me off in Harlem

11. Johnny come lately

12. Big boy blues

13. Sir John

14. A tiny bit of blues

15. Lil' darlin'

16. I'm beginning to see the light

17. Sophisticated lady

18. The very thought of you

Thanks!!

[Chuck Nessa]

This compilation is a messy combination of a Hodges disc originally called "Triple Play" and a Davis disc called "Con Soul & Sax".

The Davis date includeds Dickie Thompson/Kenny Burrell on g, Milt Hinton/George Duvivier on b, and Osie Johnson on drums.

The Hodges record came from 3 different dates with 3 different trombone players - Brown, Buster Cooper and Benny Powell. Brown plays on tracks 1, 8 and 13.

[P.D.]

tracks 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17

are fron Con Soul ( you are missing Sunnyside of the Street, otherwise the whole album is there..personnel as per Chuck.

Jan 7 1965

1, 3, 8, 18

Cat Anderson,Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Jones, Bill Berry ( vibes), Les Spann, Aaron Bell, Rufus Jones

Jan 10 1967

For Jammers Only is called Wild Onions on the CD

( you are missing Figurine from this set)

2, 4, 14

Ray Nance, Buster Cooper,Paul Gonsalves,Hank Jones ( and Jimmy Jones) Tiny Grimes, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson

Jan 9th 1967

( you are missing The Nearness of you from this date

Take 'Em Off was in two parts each about 3 mins long)

5, 12

Roy Eldridge, Benny Powell, Harry Carney, Nat Pierce ( and Jimmy Jones) Billy Butler, Joe Benjamin, Oliver Jackson

also recorded Jan 10th

( you are missing Fur Piece from this set)