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Don't Sleep in the Subway (album)

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Released
  
1967

Artist
  
Johnny Hodges

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Label
  
Verve V/V6 8732

Release date
  
1967

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 17, 18 & 21, 1967 New York City

Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
  
Swing's Our Thing (1967)

Similar
  
Swing's Our Thing, 3 Shades of Blue, Side by Side, Buenos Aires Blues (& The El

Don't Sleep in the Subway is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances with a big band recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The orchestrations are uneven, but Johnny Hodges is uniformly sharp".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

  1. "Don't Sleep in the Subway" (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent) - 3:20
  2. "The Wonder of You" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Don George) - 2:44
  3. "Serenade in Blue" (Frank Signorelli, Mitchell Parish) - 3:08
  4. "Everytime She Walks" (Jimmy Jones) - 3:47
  5. "Wisteria" (Jones, Ellington) - 2:47
  6. "Heel Kickin'" - 3:38
  7. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) - 2:51
  8. "Some Fun" - 3:40
  9. "Eydie-Dee Dee" - 4:27

Personnel

  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Ernie Royal, Snooky Young - trumpet
  • Bill Berry - trumpet, vibraphone
  • Tony Studd - bass trombone
  • Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Danny Bank - baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Hank Jones - piano
  • Everett Barksdale - guitar
  • Milt Hinton - double bass
  • Grady Tate - drums
  • Jimmy Jones - arranger, conductor

    • References

    Don't Sleep in the Subway (album) Wikipedia
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