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Don't Sleep in the Subway (album)

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Don't Sleep in the Subway
Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedAugust 17, 18 & 21, 1967
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVerve V/V6 8732
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Johnny Hodges chronology
Triple Play
(1967)
Don't Sleep in the Subway
(1967)
Swing's Our Thing
(1967)

Don't Sleep in the Subway is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances with a big band recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The orchestrations are uneven, but Johnny Hodges is uniformly sharp".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

  1. "Don't Sleep in the Subway" (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent) - 3:20
  2. "The Wonder of You" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Don George) - 2:44
  3. "Serenade in Blue" (Frank Signorelli, Mitchell Parish) - 3:08
  4. "Everytime She Walks" (Jimmy Jones) - 3:47
  5. "Wisteria" (Jones, Ellington) - 2:47
  6. "Heel Kickin'" - 3:38
  7. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) - 2:51
  8. "Some Fun" - 3:40
  9. "Eydie-Dee Dee" - 4:27

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series accessed February 19, 2016
  2. ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 19, 2016
  3. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Don't Sleep in the Subway – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 19, 2016.