1943-1952 Johnny Hodges Vol. 2 With and Without Duke Ellington 1943-1952 (Jazz Archives No 213)

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
(01) Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Taft Jordan, Ray Nance, Harold Baker (tp), Joe «Tricky Same Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (as), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Skippy Williams (ts), Harry Carney (bs, as, cl), Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (g), Junior Raglin (b), Sonny Greer (dm). New York City, 09/11/1943.
(02) Same, but Shelton Hemphill and Cat Anderson (tp), Claude Jones (tb), AI Sears (ts) replace W. Jones, Baker, Tizol and Williams. NYC, 14/11/1945.
(03) Same as for (2) but Wilbur De Paris (tb) added, Russell Procope (as, cl), Oscar Pettiford (b) replace Hardwicke and Raglin. NYC, 15/01/1946.
(04-05) Same as for (2). NYC, 02 (4) & 03 (5)/01/1945.
(06) Same as for (3), but Harold Baker (tp) added. Hollywood, 11/07/1946.
Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra:
(07) Taft Jordan (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), AI Sears (ts), Billy Strayhorn (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Wilbur De Paris (dm). NYC, 06/1947.
(08-09) Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), AI Sears (ts), Leroy Lovett (p), Lloyd Trottman (b), Sonny Greer (dm). NYC, 28/02/1951.
(10-12) Same, but Joe Marshall (dm) replaces Greer. NYC, 13/01/1952
(13) Same. NYC, 17/01/1952.
(14-15) Same, but Barney Richmond (b), and J.C. Heard (dm) replace Trottman and Marshall. NYC, 26/01/1952.
(16) Same as for (14), but Ted Brannon (p) and Ray Brown (b) replace Lovett and Richmond. Los Angeles, 01/04/1952.
(17-18) Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Ben Webster (ts), Ted Brannon (p), Red Callender (b), J.C. Heard (dm). Los Angeles, 22/07/1952.
(19-21) Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Ben Webster, Rudy Williams (ts), Leroy Lovett (p), Barney Richmond (b), AI Walker (dm). NYC, 11/12/1952.

01 Things Ain'T What They Used To Be (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons)
02 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (Williams, Van Alstyne)
03 Esquire Swank (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges)
04 The Mood to Be Wooed (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges)
05 Subtle Slough (Just Squeeze Me)(Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines)
06 Rock-A-Bye River (Hope Skip and Jump)
07 Longhorn Blues (Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington)
08 Good Queen Bess (Johnny Hodges)
09 The Jeep Is Jumpin' (Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington)
10 A Pound of Blues (Leroy Lovet)
11 Wham (Johnny Hodges)
12 Who's Excited (Johnny Hodges, Mercer Ellington)
13 Standing Room Only (Johnny Hodges)
14 Duke's Blues (Johnny Hodges)
15 Tea For Two (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
16 What I'm Gotchere (Edith Cue)
17 Hodge-Podge (Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington)
18 Jappa (Johnny Hodges)
19 Throught for the Night (Victor Young)
20 The Sheik of Araby (Ted Snyder, Harry Smith, Francis Wheeler)
21 Latino (Johnny Hodges)

1965-1966 Johnny Hodges Wild Bill Davis (Jazz Tribune No 1)

Cd 1
(01,03,05-07) Johnny Hodges (as) , Wild Bill Davis (orgue) , Dickie Thompson, Mundell Lowe (g) , Milton Hinton (b) , Osie Johnson (dm). N.Y., 7 janvier 1965.
(02,04,08-10) Idem, mais George Duvivier (b) remplace Milton Hinton. Studio RCA, N.Y., 7 janvier 1965.

01 On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
02 On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) 
03 Lil' darlin' (Neal Hefti)
04 Con soul and sax (Bill Davis)
05 The jeep is jumpin' (Duke Ellington)
06 I'm Beginning To See The Light (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
07 Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
08 Drop Me Off In Harlem (Duke Ellington, Nick Kenny)
09 No one (Mercer Ellington, Johnny Hodges)
10 Johnny come lately (Billy Strayhorn)

Cd 2
(02-05,07,09) Johnny Hodges (as) , Wild Bill Davis (orgue) , Lawrence Brown (tb) , Bob Brown (ts, fl) , Dickie Thompson (g) , Bobby Durham (dm). Grace's Little Belmont, Atlantic City, 10 août 1966.
(01,06,08) Même formation, Atlantic City, 11 août 1966.

01 It's Only a Paper Moon (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose)
02 Taffy (Johnny Hodges, Bill Davis)
03 Good Queen Bess (Johnny Hodges)
04 L.B. Blues (L. Brown)
05 In a Mellotone (In A Mellow Tone) (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler)
06 Rockville (Johnny Hodges)
07 I'll always love you (Bill Davis)
08 It don't mean a thing (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
09 Belle of the Belmont (Mercer Ellington, 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)

1954 Johnny Hodges Used to Be Duke

Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone on 01 & 06g), Harry Carney (baritone saxophone), Harold "Shorty" Baker (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Jimmy Hamilton (tenor sax,  clarinet on 01,06,08), Richard Powell (piano on 06), Call Cobbs (piano all others), John Williams (bass), Louis Bellson (drums).

Recorded in Los Angeles, California on July 2 (02,03,07) and August 5 (01,04,05,06,08), 1954.

01 Used to Be Duke (Johnny Hodges)
02 On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)    
03 Sweet as Bear Meat (Johnny Hodges)
04 Madam Butterfly (Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges)
05 Warm Valley (Duke Ellington)    
06 Ballad Medley: Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke) / Sweet Lorraine (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) / Time on My Hands (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) / If You Were Mine (Johnny Mercer, Matt Malneck) / Poor Butterfly (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) / All Of Me (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons).   
07 Burgundy Walk (John Fitzgerald, Ed Hodges)
08 Skokiaan (Tom Glazer, August Machon Musarurgwa)

1955 Johnny Hodges Perdido

(01-05) "Perdido" Harold "Shorty" Baker (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Arthur "Babe" Clarke (tenor sax), Leroy Lovett (piano), Johnny Williams (bass), Louie Bellson (drums). Recorded in New York, January 7, 1955.
(06-11) "Creamy" Clark Terry (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet & tenor sax), Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Harry Carney (baritone sax), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sonny Greer (drums). Recorded in New York City, September 8, 1955.

01 Rose Room (Art Hickman, Harry Williams)
02 Blues For Basie (Johnny Hodges)
03 Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills)
04 Squatty Roo (Johnny Hodges)
05 Perdido (Juan Tizol, Harry Lenk, Ervin Drake)
06 Honey Bunny (Johnny Hodges)
07 Passion (Billy Strayhorn)
08 Pretty Little Girl (Billy Strayhorn)
09 No Use Kickin' (Johnny Hodges)
10 Ballad Medley: Whispering (John Schonberger, Vincent Rose, Richard Coburn) / Tenderly (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) / Don't Take Your Love From Me (Henry Nemo) / Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) / Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / Passion Flower (Billy Strayhorn).
11 Scufflin' (Cue Hodges)

1956-1957 Johnny Hodges The Big Sound

(01-04) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Clark Terry (trumpets), Paul Gonsalves (tenor sax), Ray Nance (trumpet, violin), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (trombones), Russell Procope (clarinet, alto sax), Harry Carney (baritone sax), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums). Recorded in New York, September 3, 1957.
(06,08,10,12) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Clark Terry, Harold "Shorty" Baker (trumpets), Ray Nance (trumpet, violin), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Russell Procope (clarinet, alto sax), Jimmy Hamilton (tenor sax, clarinet on 08 & 12), Harry Carney (baritone sax), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums). Same session as above. Recorded in New York, September 3, 1957.
(05,07,09,11) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Clark Terry (trumpet), Ray Nance (trumpet, violin), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (trombones), Russell Procope (clarinet, alto sax), Harry Carney (baritone sax), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums). Recorded in New York, June 26, 1957.
(13-16) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Ray Nance (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet, tenor sax), Harry Carney (baritone sax), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums). Recorded in New York, January 11, 1956.

01 Dont Call Me. I'll Call You (Cat Anderson)
02 An Ordinary Thing (Cat Anderson)
03 Waiting For Duke (Cat Anderson)
04 Dust Bowl (Johnny Hodges)
05 Little Rabbit Blues (Johnny Hodges)
06 Viscount (Mercer Ellington, Johnny Hodges) 
07 Johnny Come Lately (Billy Strayhorn)
08 Bouquet of Roses (Mercer Ellington, Johnny Hodges)
09 Gone And Crazy (Johnny Hodges)
10 Digits (Clark Terry)
11 Segdoh (Johnny Hodges)
12 Early Morning Rock (Johnny Hodges)
13 Hi 'Ya (Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges)
14 Snibor (Billy Strayhorn)
15 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) (Fred Ahlert, Joe Young)
16 Texas Blues (Johnny Hodges)

1958-1960 Johnny Hodges Not So Dukish

(01-08) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax, out on 08), Roy Eldridge (trumpet, out on 07,08), Ray Nance (trumpet, out on 04,08), Lawrence Brown (trombone, out on 08), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet, out on 03,04,06,08), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums). Recorded in New York, September 10, 1958.
(09-13) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Shorty Baker (trumpet), Quentin Jackson, John Sanders (trombones), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet), Jimmy Jones (piano), Les Spann (guitar, flute on 13), Ray Brown (bass), Jo Jones (drums). Recorded in New York, April 7, 1959.
(14,15) Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Jimmy Jones (piano), Aaron Bell (bass), Sonny Greer (drums). Recorded in New York, December 8,9, 1960.

01 M.H.R (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)
02 Broadway Babe (Johnny Hodges, Mercer Ellington)
03 Three And Six (Billy Strayhorn)
04 Not So Dukish (Jimmy Woode)
05 Central Park Swing (Jimmy Hamilton)
06 Preacher Blues (Johnny Hodges)
07 Jeep Bounced Back (Johnny Hodges)
08 The Last Time I Saw Paris (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
09 First Klass (aka C'Mon Home) (Johnny Hodges)
10 Second Class (Johnny Hodges)
11 Straight Back (Johnny Hodges)
12 Steerage (Johnny Hodges)
13 Third Klass (Johnny Hodges)
14 Once in a While (Michael Edwards, Bud Green)
15 A Blues Serenade (Frank Signorelli, Vincent Grande, Jimmy Lytell, Mitchell Parish)

1958 Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra Blues A-Plenty

Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums)

Recorded in N.Y.C. on April 5, 1958

01 I Didn't Know About You (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
02 Cool Your Motor (Johnny Hodges)
03 Gone With The Wind (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel)
04 Honey Hill (Johnny Hodges)
05 Blues-A-Plenty (Johnny Hodges)
06 Don't Take Your Love From Me (Henry Nemo)
07 Saturday Afternoon Blues (Johnny Hodges)
08 Satin Doll (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)
09 Reeling And Rocking (Johnny Hodges)

1960 Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges The Complete 1960 Sextet Jazz Cellar Session

(01-12) Ben Webster, tenor sax, Johnny Hodges, alto sax, Lou Levy, piano, Herb Ellis, guitar, Wilfred Middlebrooks, bass, Gus Johnson, drums. Recorded at The Jazz Cellar, San Francisco, November 22, 1960.

(13-17) Ben Webster, tenor sax, Johnny Hodges, alto sax, Ray Nance, trumpet, Lawrence Brown, trombone, Emil Richards, vibes, Russ Freeman, piano, Joe Mondragon, bass, Mel Lewis, drums, Jimmy Hamilton, arranger. Recorded at Los Angeles, January 31, 1961.

01 Ben's Web (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
02 Side Door (Don't Kid Yourself) (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
03 Blues'll Blow Your Fuse (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
04 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill)
05 Dual Highway (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
06 Big Ears (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
07 Shorty Gull (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
08 Ifida (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
09 I'd Be There (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
10 I'd Be There (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
11 Just Another Day (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
12 Lollalagin Now (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
13 Exactly Like You (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
14 I'm Beginning To See The Light (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
15 Val's Lament (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
16 Tipsy Joe (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
17 Waiting For The Champagne (Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges)
 

1961 Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra

Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Billy Strayhorn (conductor), Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet), Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone), Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet), Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Bill Berry, Ed Mullens, Howard McGhee (trumpet), Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson (trombone), Chuck Connors (bass trombone), Jimmy Jones (piano), Aaron Bell (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in December 1961

01 Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
02 I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
03 The Gal From Joe's (Duke Ellington)
04 Your Love Has Faded (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
05 I'm Just A Lucky So And So (Duke Ellington, Mack David)
06 Jeep's Blues (Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington)
07 Day Dream (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John La Touche)
08 Juice a Plenty (Johnny Hodges)
09 Azure (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
10 Tailor Made (Johnny Hodges, Eddie Mullens)
11 Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)