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Blue Notes

Johnny Hodges

Recorded	Aug 15 & Oct 24, 1966
Label	Verve Records
Released	1966
Personnel	17 credited players
Discogs	master 420901

The record

An unusually dense reed section -- Wess, Hamilton, Bank, Ashworth -- surrounds that alto in cushions of clarinet and bass clarinet, the 1966 Verve budget clearly stretching toward lushness. The tone still cuts straight through.

Session personnel

Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
Danny Bank — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Don Ashworth — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Bob Cranshaw — bass
George Duvivier — bass
Jimmy Hamilton — clarinet, tenor saxophone
Grady Tate — drums
Frank Wess — flute, alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson — flute, alto saxophone, piccolo flute
Eric Gale — guitar
Kenny Burrell — guitar
Buddy Lucas — harmonica
Hank Jones — piano
Tony Studd — trombone [bass trombone]
Ernie Royal — trumpet, flugelhorn
Snooky Young — trumpet, flugelhorn
Joe Venuto — vibraphone, shaker

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1967	Verve Records · V-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1967	Verve Records · V-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · deep groove
1967	Verve Records — MONO
1967	Verve Records · V6-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · SVLP 9175 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · VLP 9175 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1967	Verve Records · V-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1967	Verve Records · V6-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · V6-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, MGM Pressing
1967	Verve Records · V6-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · V-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, MGM Pressing
1968	Verve Records · V6-8680 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
—	Verve Records · VMLP-14095 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono