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1961 studio album by Johnny Hodges
Blue Hodge Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1961 and released on the Verve label.[1] [2]
Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3]
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Blue Hodge is the earliest of several matchups between altoist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis".[3]
Track listing "And Then Some" (Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
"I Wonder Why" (Mercer Ellington ) - 4:26
"Azure Te" (Duke Ellington , Irving Mills ) - 2:55
"Blue Hodge" (Gary McFarland ) - 6:21
"Hodge Podge" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
"It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George , Johnny Hodges) - 2:08
"Why Are You Blue?" (McFarland) - 2:23
"Knuckles" (McFarland) - 5:09
"Stand By Blues" (Johnny Hodges) - 4:27
"There Is No Greater Love " (Isham Jones , Marty Symes ) - 3:24 Personnel References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As
Castle Rock In a Tender Mood The Blues Used to Be Duke Creamy Duke's in Bed Ellingtonia '56 The Big Sound Blues A-Plenty Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin Not So Dukish Side by Side Duke Ellington , 1958–59)Back to Back Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges Blue Hodge Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra Blue Rabbit Wild Bill Davis , 1963–64)Sandy's Gone Mess of Blues Wild Bill Davis , 1963)Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges Blue Pyramid Con-Soul & Sax Inspired Abandon Lawrence Brown , 1965)Joe's Blues Wings & Things Blue Notes Stride Right Earl Hines , 1966)Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City Don't Sleep in the Subway Swing's Our Thing Triple Play Rippin' & Runnin' 3 Shades of Blue With
