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1967 studio album by Johnny Hodges
Triple Play is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges recorded in 1967 and released on the RCA Victor label.[ 1]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 2]
Allmusic says "Despite the many changes in personnel, the music is pretty consistent, with basic swinging originals, blues and ballads all heard in equal proportion. As usual, Johnny Hodges ends up as the main star".[ 2] In JazzTimes , Stanley Dance called it a "happy, unpretentious set".[ 3]
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny Hodges except where noted.
"Take 'Em Off, Take 'Em Off Part 1" – 3:39
"Take 'Em Off, Take 'Em Off Part 2" – 2:56
"The Nearness of You " (Hoagy Carmichael , Ned Washington ) – 3:46
"Monkey on a Limb" – 3:53 Additional track on CD reissue
"A Tiny Bit of Blues" – 4:53
"For Jammers Only" (Claude Bolling ) – 3:02
"On the Way Up" – 2:52
"Big Boy Blues" – 3:20 Additional track on CD reissue
"The Very Thought of You " (Ray Noble ) – 2:49
"Fur Piece" – 6:22
"Sir John" – 3:19
"Figurine" – 2:39 Additional track on CD reissue
"C Jam Blues " (Duke Ellington , Barney Bigard ) – 4:21
Personnel
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Cat Anderson – trumpet (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Roy Eldridge – trumpet (tracks: 8, 10, 13)
Ray Nance – cornet (tracks: 1–5)
Benny Powell – trombone (tracks: 8, 10, 13)
Buster Cooper – trombone (tracks: 1–5)
Lawrence Brown – trombone (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone (tracks: 1–5)
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone (tracks: 8, 10, 13)
Bill Berry – vibraphone (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Hank Jones – piano (tracks: 1–5)
Jimmy Jones – piano
Nat Pierce – piano (tracks: 8, 10, 13)
Billy Butler – guitar (tracks: 8, 10, 13)
Tiny Grimes – guitar (tracks: 1–5)
Les Spann – guitar (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Aaron Bell – double bass (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Joe Benjamin – double bass (tracks: 8, 10, 13)
Milt Hinton – double bass (tracks: 1–5)
Oliver Jackson – drums (tracks: 8, 10, 13)
Gus Johnson – drums (tracks: 1–5)
Rufus Jones – drums (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As 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)
With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Urbanity (1947–53)
Bluebird (1955)
Quartet-Quintet (1955)
The Trio (and Wendell Marshall , Kenny Clarke , 1955)
Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
Gigi (1958)
Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones , 1958)
Porgy and Bess (1958)
The Talented Touch (1958)
Here's Love (1963)
This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
Happenings (and Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Hanky Panky (1975)
Arigato (1976)
Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
Bop Redux (1977)
Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
I Remember You (1977)
Just for Fun (1977)
Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
Carnaval (and Ron Carter , Sadao Watanabe , Tony Williams , 1978)
Compassion (1978)
Groovin' High (1978)
More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan , 1978)
Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
Bluesette (1979)
I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
Duo (and Red Mitchell , 1987)
The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing , 1988)
The Oracle (1989)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
Steal Away (and Charlie Haden , 1994)
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano , 2006)
Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio WithBob Brookmeyer WithAl Cohn WithColeman Hawkins WithJohnny Hodges WithMilt Jackson WithJ.J. Johnson WithOliver Nelson WithSonny Stitt With others
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams , 1957)
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley , 1958)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons , 1962)
Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker , 1965)
Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson , 1956–58)
Encore (Eddie Bert , 1955)
Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown , 1959)
Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell , 1961–62)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant , 1973)
Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd , 1955)
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
Bass on Top (Paul Chambers , 1957)
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland , 1959)
Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer , 1957)
Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman , 1960–61)
Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald , 1962)
New Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee , 1963)
Gigi Gryce (1958)
You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton , 1964)
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman , 1963)
The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)
Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet , 1951)
French Cookin' (Budd Johnson , 1963)
Elvin! (Elvin Jones , 1961–62)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones , 1966)
Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan , 1978)
SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral , 1959)
The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , 1952)
I'm All For You (Joe Lovano , 2003)
Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann , 1957)
2-3-4 (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Star Highs (Warne Marsh , 1982)
Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland , 1961)
Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery , 1961)
Great Day (James Mody , 1963)
Salute to Satch (Joe Newman , 1956)
The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder , 1984)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
New York Album (Art Pepper , 1979)
So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé , 1978)
Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson , 1958)
The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette , 1957)
Flute Suite (A.K. Salim , 1957)
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab , 1957)
Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith , 1967)
The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
Warm Wave (Cal Tjader , 1964)
Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
See You at the Fair (Ben Webster , 1964)
Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess , 1955)
Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder , 1956)
The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson , 1969)
The Swingin' States (Kai Winding , 1958)
Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young , 1958)