By 1968, the group recorded its debut album, "Music from Big Pink". The album was recorded in Los Angeles (at Capitol) and New York (at A&R Studio). Capitol originally announced that the group would be called the Crackers, but when Music From Big Pink was released they were officially named the Band. The album includes Hudson's organ showcase, "Chest Fever", a song that in the Band's live shows would be vastly expanded by a solo organ introduction, entitled "The Genetic Method", an improvisational work that would be played differently at each performance. An example can be heard on the live album "Rock of Ages". Hudson is also adept at the accordion, which he played on some of the group's recordings, such as "Rockin Chair", from "The Band"; the traditional "Ain't No More Cane", from "The Basement Tapes"; Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece"; and Bobby Charles's "Down South in New Orleans" during "The Last Waltz". His saxophone solo work can be heard on such songs as "Tears of Rage" (from "Big Pink") and "Unfaithful Servant" (from "The Band"). Hudson is credited with playing all of the brass and woodwinds on the studio version of "Ophelia" from the 1975 album "Northern Lights - Southern Cross". This album, the first to be recorded in the Band's Shangri-La recording studio in Malibu, California, also saw Hudson adding synthesizers to his arsenal of instruments.