3 Shades of Blue
1970 studio album by Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson
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| Studio album by Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | March 17 & 19, 1970 | |||
| Studio | New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Flying Dutchman FDS 120 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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3 Shades of Blue is the final album recorded as leader by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1970 with vocalist Leon Thomas and composer/arranger Oliver Nelson and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.[1][2] The album was rereleased in 1989 under Nelson's leadership as Black, Brown and Beautiful with additional tracks.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[3]
Track listing
- "Empty Ballroom Blues" (Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams) – 4:54
- "Duke's Place" (Ellington, Bob Thiele, Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts) – 2:35
- "Echoes of Harlem" (Ellington) – 4:20
- "Disillusion Blues" (Leon Thomas) – 3:56
- "Yearning" (Oliver Nelson) – 5:20
- "Welcome to New York" (Thomas) – 4:10
- "Black, Brown and Beautiful" (Nelson) – 3:50
- "Rockin' in Rhythm (Ellington, Harry Carney, Irving Mills) – 3:09
- "Creole Love Call" (Ellington) – 4:56
- "It´s Glory" (Ellington) – 2:55
Personnel
- Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
- Leon Thomas – vocals (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
- Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
- Randy Brecker, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet
- Al Grey, Quentin Jackson, Garnett Brown, Thomas Mitchell – trombone
- Bob Ashton, Danny Bank, Jerry Dodgion, Joe Farrell, Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess – reeds
- Earl Hines (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10), Hank Jones (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9) – piano
- David Spinozza – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9)
- Ron Carter – bass
- Grady Tate – drums
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader or
co-leader
- Castle Rock (1951–52)
- In a Tender Mood (1951–52)
- The Blues (1952–54)
- Used to Be Duke (1954)
- Creamy (1955)
- Duke's in Bed (1956)
- Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
- The Big Sound (1957)
- Blues A-Plenty (1958)
- Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958)
- Not So Dukish (1958)
- Side by Side (and Duke Ellington, 1958–59)
- Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
- Blue Hodge (1961)
- Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961)
- Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963–64)
- Sandy's Gone (1963)
- Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963)
- Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65)
- Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66)
- Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66)
- Inspired Abandon (and Lawrence Brown, 1965)
- Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
- Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
- Blue Notes (1966)
- Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966)
- Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966)
- Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
- Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967)
- Triple Play (1967)
- Rippin' & Runnin' (1968)
- 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
others
- Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (and Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, 1962)
- Joya Sherrill Sings Duke (Joya Sherrill, 1965)
- Cue for Saxophone (Billy Strayhorn, 1959)
- Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959)
- Duke with a Difference (Clark Terry, 1957)
