Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges Side By Side 200g 45rpm 2LP

200 Gram, 45rpm 2LP Set!

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound & Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

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When Norman Granz signed Johnny Hodges to a recording contract in 1951, it was a prelude to Hodges’s leaving the Duke Ellington orchestra to lead his own small band. Four years later Hodges was back in the Ellington fold, but he continued to record for Granz under his own name. Side by Side, recorded in 1958 and 1959, is a throwback to the small-group sessions Ellington recorded with Hodges and other members of his orchestra in the Thirties, but with a couple of important differences: the absence of Ellington himself on several cuts (with Billy Strayhorn taking over at the piano), and the presence of such notable non-Ellingtonians as drummer Jo Jones and trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Harry «Sweets» Edison.

Originally released in 1959.

Features:
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound!
• Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!
• 180 Gram, 45rpm 2LP
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Musicians:
Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone
Duke Ellington, piano
Harry «Sweets» Edison, trumpet
Al Hall, bass
Les Spann, guitar, flute
Jo Jones, drums
Ben Webster, tenor saxophone
Roy Eldridge, trumpet
Lawrence Brown, trombone
Wendell Marshall, bass
Billy Strayhorn, piano

Selections:
Side 1:
1. Stompy Jones
2. Squeeze Me
3. Big Shoe
4. Going Up
Side 2:
1. Just a Memory
2. Let’s Fall In Love
3. Ruint
4. Bend One
5. You Need to Rock