Johnny Hodges – Blues A Plenty (1958/2011) DSF DSD64

Johnny Hodges – Blues A Plenty (1958/2011)
DSF(tracks) DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 42:30 minutes | 1.68 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download |  Source: Acoustic Sounds  |  Artwork: Digital booklet
© Verve Records | Recorded: New York, USA on April 5, 1958.

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original master tapes to vinyl and PCM. The DSD was sourced from the PCM. George listened to all of the different A/D converters he had before he chose which to use, and he felt the George Massenburg GML 20 bit A/D produced the best and most synergistic sound for the project.

“I really think that the people who are willing to lay down their money for these reissues are going to get something really outstanding.” — George Marino, Sterling Sound engineer, commenting on Analogue Productions’ Verve 25-title reissue series.

One of the giants of the alto saxophone, Johnny Hodges was perhaps the most important soloist and sideman in Duke Ellington’s orchestra from 1928 up to Hodges’ death in 1970. The self-taught player made many solo forays during his long career – one of his ’50s outfits included a young John Coltrane – but history remembers Hodges for his virtuosic sidemanship, particularly his sensitive rendering of ballads.

In these sophisticated times when we seem to be able to have everything we are particularly fortunate that record companies like American Jazz Classics recognise the importance of preserving gems of jazz like those on this disc, collect them together and remaster them so that the sound is so pristine they could easily have been recorded just yesterday. When you listen to this disc you have to keep reminding yourself that these were recorded over 50 years ago and that Ben Webster and Johnny Hodges first recorded together in Duke Ellington’s orchestra in 1935! This is a fabulous disc that shows off the talents of both Johnny and Ben to perfection. Johnny Hodges had a beautifully silky smooth singing tone while Ben’s tenor was gutsy and raunchy but nevertheless had its soft edge too at times. The record kicks off with a really lovely example of I didn’t know about you with Johnny’s magic alto exemplifying the phrase `laid back’ and Billy Strayhorn’s piano framing the whole beautifully and eloquently. Ben joins in on track two together with Roy Eldridge and Vic Dickenson for the bluesy Cool your motor. Johnny solos again in Gone with the wind in a lovely dreamy style. Eldridge’s trumpet screams out to kick off Honey Hill and Vic Dickenson’s trombone gives us another taste of his mastery of this instrument with Ben’s muscular tone on tenor taking the baton from Vic and then passing it to Eldridge; everyone gets his turn in the spotlight here apart from the rhythm section who simply perform sterling support in the background… –Steve Arloff, MusicWeb International

Tracklist:

1 I Didn’t Know About You 3:32
2 Cool Your Motor 3:36
3 Gone With The Wind 3:17
4 Honey Hill 4:02
5 Blues-A-Plenty 3:23
6 Don’t Take Your Love From Me 3:39
7 Saturday Afternoon Blues 5:59
8 Satin Doll 5:01
9 Reeling And Rocking 9:95

Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – Sax (Alto)
Vic Dickenson – Trombone
Roy Eldridge – Trumpet
Billy Strayhorn – Piano
Ben Webster – Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Woode – Bass
Sam Woodyard – Drums

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