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Released
  
1958

Blues-a-Plenty (1958)
  
Not So Dukish (1958)

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:30

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
April 5, 1958 New York City

Artist
  
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra

Jazz albums
  
Not So Dukish, Duke's in Bed, Johnny Hodges with Billy, Everybody Knows Johnny H, Side by Side

Blues-a-Plenty is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

  1. "I Didn't Know About You" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:35
  2. "Cool Your Motor" - 3:39
  3. "Gone With the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 3:21
  4. "Honey Hill" - 4:05
  5. "Blues-a-Plenty" - 3:26
  6. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) - 3:43
  7. "Saturday Afternoon Blues" - 6:02
  8. "Satin Doll" (Ellington) - 5:04
  9. "Reeling and Rocking" - 9:35

Personnel

  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Roy Eldridge - trumpet
  • Vic Dickenson - trombone
  • Ben Webster - tenor saxophone
  • Billy Strayhorn - piano
  • Jimmy Woode - bass
  • Sam Woodyard - drums

    • Songs

    1I Didn't Know About You3:32
    2Cool Your Motor3:36
    3Gone With the Wind3:17

    References

    Blues-a-Plenty Wikipedia
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