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Three Classic Albums Plus (The Blues / In A Tender Mood / Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin) [Box set]

Johnny Hodges Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (26 Sep 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Avid Jazz
  • ASIN: B005M3201W
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 43,066 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Blues: RosanneJohnny Hodges 3:12£0.69
Listen  2. The Blues: Hodge-PodgeJohnny Hodges 3:39£0.69
Listen  3. The Blues: JappaJohnny Hodges 3:55£0.69
Listen  4. The Blues: Through For The NightJohnny Hodges 3:20£0.69
Listen  5. The Blues: Sheik Of ArabyJohnny Hodges 3:17£0.69
Listen  6. The Blues: LatinoJohnny Hodges 2:57£0.69
Listen  7. The Blues: Johnny's BluesJohnny Hodges 7:06£0.69
Listen  8. The Blues: IndianaJohnny Hodges 3:54£0.69
Listen  9. The Blues: Easy Going BounceJohnny Hodges 3:36£0.69
Listen10. The Blues: Burgundy WalkJohnny Hodges 7:12£0.69
Listen11. More Of Johnny Hodges: Ballad Medley: Autumn In New York / Sweet Lorraine / Time On My Hands / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / If You Were Mine / Poor Butterfly / All Of MeHarry Carney,Jimmy Hamilton,Johnny Hodges,Lawrence Brown,Louis Bellson,Shorty Baker18:01Album Only
Listen12. More Of Johnny Hodges: On The Sunny Side Of The StreetHarry Carney,Jimmy Hamilton,Johnny Hodges,Lawrence Brown,Louis Bellson,Shorty Baker 3:00£0.69
Listen13. More Of Johnny Hodges: Warm ValleyHarry Carney,Jimmy Hamilton,Johnny Hodges,Lawrence Brown,Louis Bellson,Shorty Baker 3:25£0.69
Listen14. More Of Johnny Hodges: Madam ButterflyHarry Carney,Jimmy Hamilton,Johnny Hodges,Lawrence Brown,Louis Bellson,Shorty Baker 3:17£0.69
Listen15. More Of Johnny Hodges: SkokiaanHarry Carney,Jimmy Hamilton,Johnny Hodges,Lawrence Brown,Louis Bellson,Shorty Baker 2:36£0.69
Listen16. More Of Johnny Hodges: Used To Be DukeHarry Carney,Jimmy Hamilton,Johnny Hodges,Lawrence Brown,Louis Bellson,Shorty Baker 7:23£0.69
Listen17. In A Tender Mood: Who's ExcitedJohnny Hodges 3:06£0.69
Listen18. In A Tender Mood: Sweepin' The Blues AwayJohnny Hodges 3:22£0.69
Listen19. In A Tender Mood: Standing Room OnlyJohnny Hodges 2:50£0.69
Listen20. In A Tender Mood: Below The AzoresJohnny Hodges 3:07£0.69
Listen21. In A Tender Mood: Sweet Georgia BrownJohnny Hodges 6:04£0.69
Listen22. In A Tender Mood: Duke's BluesJohnny Hodges 6:08£0.69
Listen23. In A Tender Mood: TenderlyJohnny Hodges 3:21£0.69
Listen24. In A Tender Mood: Tea For TwoJohnny Hodges 3:03£0.69
Listen25. In A Tender Mood: What's I'm GotchereJohnny Hodges 3:26£0.69
Listen26. In A Tender Mood: Nothin' YetJohnny Hodges 2:43£0.69
Listen27. In A Tender Mood: Sweet As Bear MeatJohnny Hodges 3:22£0.69
Listen28. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: Love Is Here To StayJohnny Hodges 2:44£0.69
Listen29. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: Nice Work If You Can Get ItJohnny Hodges 3:13£0.69
Listen30. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: 's WonderfulJohnny Hodges 2:51£0.69
Listen31. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: SummertimeJohnny Hodges 2:59£0.69
Listen32. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: SoonJohnny Hodges 2:59£0.69
Listen33. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: But Not For MeJohnny Hodges 2:43£0.69
Listen34. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: Somebody Loves MeJohnny Hodges 2:31£0.69
Listen35. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: They Can't Take That Away From MeJohnny Hodges 3:16£0.69
Listen36. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: Someone To Watch Over MeJohnny Hodges 3:15£0.69
Listen37. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: They All LaughedJohnny Hodges 2:53£0.69
Listen38. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: The Man I LoveJohnny Hodges 2:58£0.69
Listen39. Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin: Oh, Lady Be GoodJohnny Hodges 2:36£0.69


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CD Description

AVID Jazz here presents four classic Johnny Hodges albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. 'The Blues'…………For our second installment featuring classic Johnny Hodges' albums we kick off with 'Rabbit' and his Orchestra where he is joined by such luminaries as Ben Webster, Red Callender, Ray Brown, Lawrence Brown and Leroy Lovett. The Orchestra indeed has blues in mind during these dates from 1952 through 1954! 'More of Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra'…………Jumping aboard to help 'Rabbit' for more big band favourites are among others Louis Bellson, Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Hamilton and Harry Carney in a formation that in the words of Norman Granz in his original liner notes 'comes closer to the Duke's band…. since I had more members……together at one time on this date……….the great Duke 'sound' is there in all its glory'. 'In A Tender Mood'…………Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra in more recording dates from 1952. Joining up to the Orchestra this time we find among others Emmett Berry on trumpet, Al Sears and Flip Phillips on tenor, Jim Marshall on drums and J.C Heard on drums. As the title suggests here we find 'Rabbit' in a tender mood, as he remarks in the original album liner notes after being asked what music hits him the most emotionally………'I think I feel my own music the most when it's pretty and tender'. Asked when he liked to play it he replied…..'When I'm in a tender mood'. Listen for yourself and hear what the great man means! 'Johnny Hodges & His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin'…………We conclude our quartet of classics with an album recorded in Stuttgart in 1958. Here we find Hodges with The Stuttgart Light Orchestra under the baton of Walter Rohrig and arranged by Russell Garcia in a date devoted to the music of George Gershwin. Ellington devotees may notice how Hodges succeeds in bridging the differences between Gershwin and the Duke. The results are some of the freshest and most sensitive treatments the Gershwin melodies have ever enjoyed! All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever!

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By J. Gibbons TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
The first three albums included on this double CD contain part of Johnny Hodges' studio recordings of 1951-55 (the remainder are on Avid AMSC999). The 'missing' track from 'More' was also included on 'Castle Rock' by Norman Granz and is to be found on the other Avid release. Two tracks from the same sessions are added as a bonus to make this a complete reissue.

Hodges was not part of the Ellington orchestra at the time and leading his own group. Emmett Berry and Shorty Baker are fine trumpet players and play superbly both in ensemble and as soloists. Lawrence Brown contributes some fine trombone work to most tracks and the various tenors (including a young John Coltrane, Al Sears, Ben Webster, and Flip Phillips) are never less than interesting. The rhythm sections are all excellent - Ray Brown and Louis Bellson especially - and the arrangements both simple and effective. Johnny Hodges is at his superb best in a selection of blues, up-tempo numbers, and standards. 'Johnny's Blues', 'Sweet Georgia Brown', and 'Madam Butterfly' are outstanding but, apart from a very average 'Skokiaan', the others are nearly as good.

The final album of Gershwin numbers was recorded in 1958 in Stuttgart. Here Hodges is accompanied by a string section and the piano of Horst Jankowski. He plays beautifully and the arrangements by Russell Garcia are pleasant and unobtrusive. A pleasant session to relax to but not one of the essential Hodges albums.

Remastering is excellent and the reprinted original sleeve notes make enjoyable reading. However, the 1951-55 sessions are amongst the most important of Hodges' career and it would have been nice if they had been presented in chronological order. This however is only a small quibble and this issue, together with its companion, can be recommended without reservation.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Superlatives all the way for Johnny Hodges "Second Set", and many thanks to Avid for producing this double cd and remastering to such a high standard. Total playing time CD1...79.58 and CD2....75.40mins, and a total of 39 tracks. Music from 3 classic albums plus extras, Hodges, Webster, Coltrane, Carney, Hamilton, Brown, Bellson, and others, wonderful timeless Jazz, and a full (rare) album of Gershwin ! All this at an incredible price....what more could anyone want !
As always the beauty , inspiration, and imagination, of Johnny Hodges, floats and soars throughout these tracks. If you are familiar with his "gift" to us all, then you will know about the "potion for the soul" that he creates. If you are not aware of his work, then I would suggest that you should think about giving yourself a treat, and experience the wonder that is JOHNNY HODGES. It just does not get any better !
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By Barry McCanna TOP 50 REVIEWER
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This is as near as dammit to a four-album package as you could wish. It begins with a 3-session album from 1952/3 titled "The Blues", on which Emmett Berry on trumpet and Lawrence Brown on trombone are the constants, and Ben Webster is present on the middle session. That's followed by all but one track of a 1954 Norman Granz production "More of JH & his Orchestra", which studio group also borrowed heavily from the Ellington band. The second CD presents the 1952 album "In a Tender Mood", which was produced over four sessions, the varying line-up being unsurprisingly not dissimilar to "The Blues", which it closely preceded. It concludes with a 1958 album "JH and his Strings play the Prettiest Gershwin" which was recorded with the Stuttgart Light Orchestra, featuring pianist Horst Jankowski.

Johnny Hodges coaxed the most ravishing and immediately identifiable tone out of Adolph Sax's somewhat unwieldy invention. These recordings embrace blues and ballads, plus the sort of riffing that recalls the Duke. That's hardly surprising because having been one of the mainstays of Ellington's Orchestra for 22 years, Hodges left in 1950. He went his own way for the next five years, before returning to the fold in 1955, and these studio sessions drew heavily on Hodges' former fellow musicians in the band. Taken together with AMSC 999, this 2-CD set presents Hodges' 1951-55 studio output which, given that this was previously issued as a Mosaic boxed set in 1989, represents a very considerable bargain.
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