Johnny Hodges - Three Shades Of Blue

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:27
Size: 90.3 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1970/2000
Art: Front

[4:38] 1. Empty Ballroom Blues
[2:33] 2. Duke's Place
[3:59] 3. Echoes Of Harlem
[3:55] 4. Disillusion Blues
[5:18] 5. Yearnin'
[4:06] 6. Welcome To New York
[3:48] 7. Black, Brown And Beautiful
[3:22] 8. Rockin' In Rhythm
[4:54] 9. Creole Love Call
[2:49] 10. It's Glory

An excellent late Johnny Hodges album that mixes his supreme talents with two of the other big stars of the Flying Dutchman label – Oliver Nelson and Leon Thomas – both of whom contribute wonderfully to the set! Nelson arranged the whole album, and gives it the groovy feel of some of his best orchestrations from the late 60s – nicely swinging throughout, but also awash in sophisticated colors and tones at the bottom! Leon Thomas sings vocals on a few cuts, and although he's a little straighter than on his own recordings, or the records he did with Pharoah Sanders, he still gives the set a hip sound that's a great change from the usual Johnny Hodges record – especially some of his 60s sessions with Wild Bill Davis. Hodges is great throughout, and the best tracks include "Yearning", "Welcome To New York", "Disillusion Blues", and Nelson's great "Black, Brown, & Beige" – plus a hip vocal take on "Dukes Place".

Three Shades Of Blue

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