(Pre Order) Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges - Side by Side - Verve Acoustic Sounds Series LP
(Pre Order) Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges - Side by Side - Verve Acoustic Sounds Series LP
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Release Date: April 18, 2025
180g Vinyl LP!
Remastered & Transferred from Analog Tapes!
When Norman Granz signed Johnny Hodges to a recording contract in 1951, it was a prelude to Hodges' leaving the Duke Ellington orchestra to lead his own small band. Four years later Hodges was back in the Ellington fold, but he continued to record for Granz under his own name.
Side by Side, recorded in 1958 and 1959, is a throwback to the small-group sessions Ellington recorded with Hodges and other members of his orchestra in the 1930s, but with a couple of important differences: the absence of Ellington himself on several cuts (with Billy Strayhorn taking over on piano), and the presence of such notable non-Ellingtonians as drummer Jo Jones and trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Harry "Sweets" Edison.
The Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
Features
- Acoustic Sounds Series Reissue from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises
- 180g Vinyl LP
- Remastered All-Analog by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the Original Master Tape
- Deluxe Gatefold Packaging
Musicians
| Duke Ellington | piano |
|---|---|
| Johnny Hodges | alto sax |
| Al Hall | bass |
| Wendell Marshall | bass |
| Jo Jones | drums |
| Les Spann | flute, guitar |
| Billy Stayhorn | piano |
| Ben Webster | tenor sax |
| Lawrence Brown | trombone |
| Harry Edison | trumpet |
| Roy Eldridge | trumpet |
Selections
Side One:
- Stompy Jones
- Squeeze Me
- Big Shoe
- Going Up
Side Two:
- Just a Memory
- Let's Fall in Love
- Ruint
- Bend One
- You Need to Rock
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