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Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues

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Released
  
1959

Back to Back (1959)
  
Side by Side (1959)

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
40:02

Back to Back (1959)
  
Side by Side (1959)

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 20, 1959 - Columbia Studios, New York

Artists
  
Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

Back to Back is a 1959 studio album by Johnny Hodges and Duke Ellington. It was followed up by Side by Side (1959), recorded at the same sessions.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wabash Blues" (Fred Meinken, Dave Ringle) – 6:22
  2. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 8:05
  3. "Beale Street Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 7:40
  4. "Weary Blues" (Artie Matthews) – 6:50
  5. "St. Louis Blues" (Handy) – 5:45
  6. "Loveless Love" (Handy) – 6:05
  7. "Royal Garden Blues" (Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams) – 5:20

Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
  • Les Spann – guitar
  • Al Hall – bass (tracks 1 and 4)
  • Sam Jones – bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
  • Jo Jones – drums

    • The tracks with Sam Jones were recorded February 20, 1959, while those with Al Hall were recorded 6 days later.

    Songs

    1Wabash Blues6:14
    2Basin Street Blues8:03
    3Beale Street Blues7:35

    References

    Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues Wikipedia
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