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Released
  
1961

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
BNF Collection

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Recorded
  
August 23 & 24, 1961Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Blue Hodge(1961)
  
Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra(1961)

Artists
  
Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis, Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis

Similar
  
Wild Bill Davis albums, Jazz albums

Blue Hodge is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1961 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Blue Hodge is the earliest of several matchups between altoist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis".

Track listing

  1. "And Then Some" (Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
  2. "I Wonder Why" (Mercer Ellington) - 4:26
  3. "Azure Te" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:55
  4. "Blue Hodge" (Gary McFarland) - 6:21
  5. "Hodge Podge" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
  6. "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) - 2:08
  7. "Why Are You Blue?" (McFarland) - 2:23
  8. "Knuckles" (McFarland) - 5:09
  9. "Stand By Blues" (Johnny Hodges) - 4:27
  10. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 3:24

Personnel

  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Wild Bill Davis - organ
  • Les Spann - guitar, flute
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Louis Hayes - drums

    • Songs

    1And Then Some4:03
    2I Wonder Why4:26
    3Azure Te2:56

    References

    Blue Hodge Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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