Boxset / Compilation · 1966
Tracklist
A1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
A2 Jeep's Blues
A3 The Gal From Joe's
A4 Satin Doll
A5 Azure
B1 I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
B2 Saturday Afternoon Blues
B3 I'm Just A Lucky So And So
B4 I Didn't Know About You
B5 Day Dream
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Jimmy Woode (tracks: A4, B2, B4)
Drums – Sam Woodyard
Piano – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: A4, B2, B4), Jimmy Jones (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
Reeds – Harry Carney (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Russell Procope (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: A4, B2, B4)
Trombone – Chuck Connors (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Lawrence Brown (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Quentin Jackson (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Vic Dickenson (tracks: A4, B2, B4)
Trumpet – Bill Berry (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Cat Anderson (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Ed Mullens (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Shorty Baker (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Howard McGhee (tracks: A1, to A3, A5, B1, B3, B5), Roy Eldridge (tracks: A4, B2, B4)
About this release
VSP – VSPS-3 (US)
The performances collected on this album feature two distinct and completely separate Johnny Hodges organizations.
The first is an all-star, all-Duke Ellington sideman orchestra.
Tracks were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, New Jersey on December 11 & 12, 1961
(from the release Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn - Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra)
The second features a small band.
Recorded in August , 1958
(from the release Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra - Blues-A-Plenty)
Thanks to snobb for the addition