Released 1959 Release date 1959 | Length 45:45 Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded August 14, 1958 – Nola Studios, New York City February 20, 1959 -Columbia Studios, New York Side by Side(1959) Anatomy of a Murder(1959) Similar Back to Back: Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington at the Bal M, Jazz at the Plaza Vol II, Togo Brava Suite, Duke Ellington Presents | ||
Although it is billed as a Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges album, Side by Side is a 1959 album mostly under the leadership of Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington's alto saxophonist for many years. Ellington only appears on three of this album's tracks. The album places Hodges at the fore, backing him with piano by Ellington or Billy Strayhorn and providing other accompaniment by well-known jazz figures like Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Jo Jones. The album, a follow-up to the popular Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues, has remained perpetually in print.
Contents
- Side by side duke ellington and johnny hodges album
- Track listing
- Tracks 1 2 and 4
- Tracks 3 and 5 through 9
- Songs
- References
Side by side duke ellington and johnny hodges album
Track listing
- "Stompy Jones" (Duke Ellington) – 6:38
- "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 4:36
- "Big Shoe" (Jimmy Hamilton) – 5:37
- "Going Up" (D. Ellington) – 4:51
- "Just a Memory" (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva) – 5:53
- "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:47
- "Ruint" (Mercer Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 2:32
- "Bend One" (Hodges) – 2:59
- "You Need to Rock" (Hodges) – 5:52
Tracks 1, 2 and 4
These tracks were recorded February 26, 1959
Tracks 3 and 5 through 9
These tracks were recorded August 14, 1958
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Songs
1Stompy Jones6:37
2Squeeze Me4:35
3Big Shoe5:33