Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone soloist)
Billy Strayhorn (arranger and conductor)
Shorty Baker, Cat Anderson, Billy Berry, Ed Mullens, Howard McGhee (trumpets)
Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson, Chuck Connors (trombones)
Russell Procope (alto sax and clarinet)
Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxes)
Harry Carney (baritone sax and bass clarinet)
Jimmy Jones (piano)
Aaron Bell (bass)
Sam Woodyard (drums)
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original master tapes to vinyl and PCM. The DSD was sourced from the PCM. George listened to all of the different A/D converters he had before he chose which to use, and he felt the George Massenburg GML 20 bit A/D produced the best and most synergistic sound for the project.
Recorded during the last decade of his long tenure with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, this album finds the great alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges’ musical gifts not only intact but stronger than ever. Featuring the Ellington band – with Jimmy Jones on piano and Billy Strayhorn as bandleader and arranger – it is a fascinating program of Ellington remakes, including tome of the orchestra’s most familiar numbers, all of which have been given subtle new orchestrations by Strayhorn and melodious new interpretations by Hodges.
Recorded in 1961.
曲目:
1. Don’t Get Around Much Any More
2. I’ve Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good
3. Gal From Joe’s
4. Your Love Has Faded
5. I’m Just A Lucky So And So
6. Jeep’s Blues
7. Day Dream
8. Juice A-Plenty
9. Azure
10. Tailor Made
11. Stardust 试听: