Blues-a-Plenty feat. Ben Webster + 8 Bonus Tracks

Contains new specially prepared liner notes by PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ’s writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris’ prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

20-PAGE BOOKLET

“Hodges’s own work is long overdue a comprehensive revaluation that doesn’t take the Ellington material as the only measure. He was a remarkable and multi-faceted musician whose vision was sometimes blurred by resentment but glorious when allowed to shine through unfettered.” - PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

“The youngsters of bebop and hard-bop could well ignore conventions, but the era of swing continued thanks to these (more or less) old men. And far from making us feel blue, their blues brings smiles to all faces. This is great art.” - JAZZ MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL:

Johnny Hodges - alto sax
Ben Webster - tenor sax
Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Vic Dickenson - trombone
Billy Strayhorn - piano
Jimmy Woode - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums

New York, April 5, 1958.

TRACKS:

01. I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU
02. COOL YOUR MOTOR
03. GONE WITH THE WIND
04. HONEY HILL
05. BLUES-A-PLENTY
06. DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME
07. SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLUES
08. SATIN DOLL
09. REELIN’ AND ROCKIN’
10. M.H.R. (*)
11. BROADWAY BABE (*)
12. THREE AND SIX (*)
13. NOT SO DUKISH (*)
14. CENTRAL PARK SWING (*)
15. PREACHER BLUES (*)
16. JEEP BOUNCED BACK (*)

TOTAL TIME: 77:33 min.

(*) BONUS TRACKS