Johnny Hodges - Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges

This excellent single CD has the complete contents of two Impulse LPs: Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges and Inspired Abandon, which was actually a Lawrence Brown album featuring Hodges. The two similar and equally rewarding swing-oriented albums find Hodges joined by a variety of top Ellington stars, including trumpeters Cat Anderson and Ray Nance, either Harold Ashby or Paul Gonsalves on tenor, and trombonist Brown, among others. The renditions of "310 Blues," "The Jeep Is Jumpin'," "Stompy Jones," and "Mood Indigo," in particular, sound quite fresh and inventive. Recommended. All Music Guide

Personnel:

Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges:
Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone); Ray Nance, Cat Anderson, Rolf Ericson, Herb Jones (trumpet); Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Britt Woodman (trombone); Jimmy Jones (piano); Ernie Shepard (bass); Grady Tate (drums).
Recorded at Capitol Studios, New York, New York on February 6, 1964. Originally released on Impulse (61).


Inspired Abandon:
Personnel: Lawrence Brown (trombone); Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby (tenor saxophone); Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (trumpet); Buster Cooper (trombone); Jimmy Jones (piano); Richard Davis (bass); Johnny Hodges Jr., Gus Johnson (drums).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 8, 1965. Originally released on Impulse (89).



Track Listing:

1 – Everybody Knows
2 – A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
3 – Papa Knows
4 – 310 Blues
5 – The Jeep Is Jumpin’
6 – Main Stem
7 – Medley: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
8 – Open Mike
9 – Stompy Jones
10 – Mood Indigo
11 – Good Queen Bess
12 – Little Brother
13 – Jeep’s Blues
14 – Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
15 – Ruint
16 – Sassy Cue