Time: 36:30
Size: 83.6 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1961/1999
Art: Front
[2:59] 1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[3:35] 2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
[2:26] 3. The Gal From Joe's
[2:59] 4. Your Love Has Faded
[3:25] 5. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
[3:17] 6. Jeep's Blues
[3:55] 7. Day Dream
[3:18] 8. Juice A-Plenty
[2:32] 9. Azure
[3:34] 10. Tailor Made
[4:24] 11. Stardust
Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges recorded frequently for Verve in the 1950s and 1960s, although nearly all of the musicians on this CD are from the Ellington orchestra and the arrangements are by Billy Strayhorn. Hodges is never less than superb throughout this reissue, while Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney and non-Ellingtonians Howard McGhee on trumpet and pianist Jimmy Jones also deserve praise. Strayhorn's exotic chart of "Azure" and emotional scoring of "Your Love Has Faded" are especially striking. Recommended. ~Ken Dryden
Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn & Orchestra
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