Duke Ellington & Johnyy Hodges - Back To Back (1997) [FLAC]


Category Rock/Pop, Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues, Big Band, Piano
Label Verve
Orig Year 1997
Release Date Jul 29, 1997
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Recording Time 47 minutes
Personnel Duke Ellington - piano
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Harry Carney
Les Spann - guitar
Harry Breuer
Harry White

Also: Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jo Jones


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The Duke is most often remembered leading his large orchestras, yet throughout his career he would take "breaks" to record many fine small-group sessions. This gem features long-time Ellington player Johnny Hodges, who, in the '50s, struck out on his own. His solo career produced fine music but little financial success, so he rejoined Duke's organization. On this session, the blues forms the common ground on which both men meet.

All of these songs were composed between 1910 and 1930, and these cats slip in and walk about in them like a comfy pair of bedroom slippers. Ellington's piano is spare and understated; he gives the spotlight to Johnny. Hodges wails the late-night blues with a combination of gentility, passion and sly wit. Harry Edison's trumpet (he played on many Frank Sinatra sessions in the '50s and '60s) is a joy. Hodges was truly one of a kind--after all, how many saxophonists were admired by both tenor sax innovator John Coltrane and easy-listening bandleader Lawrence Welk? All in all, a richly rewarding collaborative project.

"Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Les Spann (guitar); Al Hall, Sam Jones (bass);

Jo Jones (drums).

Recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, New York, February 20, 1959. Originally released on Verve (6055). Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather and Michael Ullman.

Original producer: Norman Granz.

Reissue producer: Michael Lang.

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Les Spann (guitar); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Jo Jones (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Michael Ullman; Leonard Feather.

Recording information: Columbia Studios, N.Y.C., NY (02/20/1959).

Photographers: Burt Goldblatt; Herman Leonard; Chuck Stewart.

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harry

Traks:
1Wabash Blues See All 3
(with Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges, Johnny Hodges)
2Basin Street Blues
(with Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges, Johnny Hodges)
3Beale Street Blues
(with Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges, Johnny Hodges)
4Weary Blues
(with Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges, Johnny Hodges)
5St. Louis Blues
Johnny Hodges, Johnny Hodges Duke Ellington
6Loveless Love
Johnny Hodges, Johnny Hodges Duke Ellington
7Royal Garden Blues
(with Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges, Johnny Hodges)


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