Johnny Hodges

1944-1970 Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines Complete Recordings

CD1 (01-07) "Once Upon A Time": Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Earl Hines (piano), Ray Nance, Cat Anderson (trumpets), Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper (trombones), Russell Procope (alto sax), Jimmy Hamilton (tenor sax, clarinet), Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby (tenor sax), Richard Davis (bass), Sonny Greer (drums). Aaron Bell (bass) replaces Richard Davis on 02 & 07. Elvin Jones (drums) replaces Greer on 01,05 & 06, Pee Wee Russell (clarinet) added on 02,05,06 & 07. 03 is a quartet performance by Hamilton (clarinet), Hines, Bell & Greer. Ray Nance out on 07. Hodges, Procope & Ashby out on 05-06. Clark Terry & Bill Berry (trumpets) added on 01 only. Recorded in New York, January 10 (01,04) & January 11 (02,03,05-07), 1966.
CD1 (08-16) "Stride Right": Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Earl Hines (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Richard Davis (bass), Joe Marshall (drums), Hines also plays organ on some tracks. Recorded in New York, January 14, 1966.
CD2 (01-10) "Swing's Our Thing": Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Earl Hines (piano), Cat Anderson (trumpet), Buster Cooper (trombone), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet, tenor sax), Jeff Castleman (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums). Recorded at Coast Recorders Inc., San Francisco, November 14 (02-06) & November 15 (01,07-10), 1967.
CD2 (11-18) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Earl Hines (piano), Ray Nance (trumpet, violin on 12,18), Flip Phillips (tenor sax), AI Casey (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Sidney Catlett (drums), Betty Roche (vocal on 11,13,14,16). Recorded at New York, April 26, 1944.
CD2 (17-21) From the LP "Three Shades of Blue": Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Earl Hines (piano), Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker, Snooky Young (trumpets), Al Grey, Quentin Jackson, Garnett Brown, Tom Mitchell (trombones), Bob Ashton, Jerome Richardson, Danny Bank, Jerry Dodgion, Frank Wess (reeds), David Spinozza (guitar), Ron Carter (bass), Grady Tate (drums), Leon Thomas (vocal on 17-19), Oliver Nelson (arr, cond). Recorded in New York, March 19, 1970.

Disc 1
01 Once Upon a Time (Johnny Hodges)
02 Black And Tan Fantasy (Duke Ellington, James "Bubber" Miley)
03 Fantastic, That's You (George Cates, George Douglas, Mort Greene, Robert Thiele)
04 Cotton Tail (Duke Ellington)
05 The Blues in My Flat (Lionel Hampton)
06 You Can Depend On Me (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl "Fatha" Hines)
07 Hash Brown (Johnny Hodges)
08 Caution Blues (Earl Hines)
09 Stride Right (Earl Hines)
10 Rosetta (Earl Hines, Henri Woode)
11 Perdido (Juan Tizol, Harry Lenk, Ervin Drake)
12 Fantastic, That's You (George Cates, George Douglas, Mort Greene, Robert Thiele)
13 Tale of the Fox (Johnny Hodges, Mercer Ellington)
14 I'm Beginning To See The Light (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
15 C Jam Blues (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington)
16 Tippin' In (Robert Lewis "Bobby" Smith, Marty Symes)

Disc 2:
01 Open Ears (Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton)
02 Mean To Me (Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk)
03 Doll Valley (Tom Whaley)
04 Can a Moose Crochet? (Johnny Hodges)
05 One Night in Trinidad (Earl Hines)
06 Night Train to Memphis (Cat Anderson, Duke Ellington)
07 Bustin' With Buster (Johnny Hodges)
08 Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) 
09 Do It Yourself (Cat Anderson)
10 The Cannery Walk (Earl Hines)
11 Blues On My Weary Mind (Earl Hines)
12 Design for Jivin' (Earl Hines)
13 I'll Get By (Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk) 
14 I Love My Lovin' Lover (Duke Ellington)
15 Life With Fatha (Earl Hines)
16 Trouble, Trouble (Earl Hines)
17 Duke's Place (Duke Ellington, Bob Katz, Bob Thiele)
18 Disillusion Blues (Leon Thomas)
19 Welcome to New York (Leon Thomas)
20 Rockin' In Rhythm (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
21 It's a Glory (Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams)