Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
1960 studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges
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| Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | November 17, 1959 Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:11 | |||
| Label | Verve MGV 8367 | |||
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Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1959 released on the Verve label.[1][2][3]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [4] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Gerry Mulligan's 1959 studio date with Johnny Hodges is one of the most satisfying sessions of his various meetings with different saxophonists for Verve... Throughout the date, the two saxophonists blend beautifully and complement one another's efforts, even though this was their only opportunity to record together in the studio".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated
- "Bunny" (Gerry Mulligan) - 5:40
- "What's the Rush" (Mulligan*, Judy Holliday) - 3:40
- "Back Beat" - 7:27
- "What It's All About" - 3:59
- "18 Carrots for Rabbit" (Mulligan) - 5:14
- "Shady Side" - 7:04
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone - except track 2
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Claude Williamson - piano
- Buddy Clark - bass
- Mel Lewis - drums
References
- ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed February 11, 2016
- ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 11, 2016
- ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
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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)
