UPC: 077712770033
Format: CD
Release Date: Jul 08, 2016
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Personnel: Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet); Don Byas (tenor saxophone); Quentin Jackson (trumpet); Raymond Fol (piano); Sonny Greer (drums).
Liner Note Author: Chuck Berg.
Recording information: 04/15/1950-06/20/1950.
Arranger: Harold Baker.
During a European tour by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, alto star Johnny Hodges had an opportunity to lead an octet (mostly comprised of Ellington's sidemen) at a few recording sessions. He enjoyed the experience so much that by the following year Hodges left Ellington and for four years was a bandleader himself. The results of the 1950 sessions (which also feature trumpeter Harold Baker, trombonist Quentin Jackson, clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton and guest tenorman Don Byas) are concise (all of the songs clock in around the three-minute mark) but make very good use of each second. The riff-filled originals, standards and Ellington-associated tunes receive swinging treatment by these classic all-stars, making this an LP whose contents deserve to be reissued on CD. ~ Scott Yanow
Liner Note Author: Chuck Berg.
Recording information: 04/15/1950-06/20/1950.
Arranger: Harold Baker.
During a European tour by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, alto star Johnny Hodges had an opportunity to lead an octet (mostly comprised of Ellington's sidemen) at a few recording sessions. He enjoyed the experience so much that by the following year Hodges left Ellington and for four years was a bandleader himself. The results of the 1950 sessions (which also feature trumpeter Harold Baker, trombonist Quentin Jackson, clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton and guest tenorman Don Byas) are concise (all of the songs clock in around the three-minute mark) but make very good use of each second. The riff-filled originals, standards and Ellington-associated tunes receive swinging treatment by these classic all-stars, making this an LP whose contents deserve to be reissued on CD. ~ Scott Yanow
Tracks:
1 - Jump That's All
2 - Last Legs Blues, Pt. 1
3 - Last Legs Blues, Pt. 2
4 - Nix it, Mix it
5 - Time on My Hands
6 - Run About
7 - Wishing and Waiting
8 - Get That Geet
9 - That's Grand
10 - Skip It
11 - Perdido
12 - In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
13 - Mood Indigo
14 - Sweet Lorraine
15 - Bean Bag Boogie (Rendez-Vous at the Hot Club)
16 - Hop, Skip and Jump
2 - Last Legs Blues, Pt. 1
3 - Last Legs Blues, Pt. 2
4 - Nix it, Mix it
5 - Time on My Hands
6 - Run About
7 - Wishing and Waiting
8 - Get That Geet
9 - That's Grand
10 - Skip It
11 - Perdido
12 - In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
13 - Mood Indigo
14 - Sweet Lorraine
15 - Bean Bag Boogie (Rendez-Vous at the Hot Club)
16 - Hop, Skip and Jump