ABC Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
| Recorded | Feb 1964 |
|---|---|
| Label | ABC Impulse! |
| Released | 1964 |
| Personnel | 15 credited players |
| Discogs | master 113368 |
The record
Impulse! stocked this 1964 date with Ellington regulars -- Carney, Hamilton, Gonsalves -- so the small group carries a big-band weight while that alto sails on top, plush and immediately recognizable.
Session personnel
- Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
- Ernie Shepard — bass
- Grady Tate — drums
- Jimmy Jones — piano
- Harry Carney — saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton — saxophone
- Russell Procope — saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves — tenor saxophone
- Britt Woodman — trombone
- Buster Cooper — trombone
- Lawrence Brown — trombone
- Cat Anderson — trumpet
- Herbie Jones — trumpet
- Ray Nance — trumpet
- Rolf Ericson — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1964 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1805 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve |
|---|---|
| 1992 | GRP · GRD-116 — CD, Compilation · RVG stamp |
| 1992 | GRP · GRD-116 — CD, Compilation · RVG stamp |
| 1992 | Impulse! · GRD-116 — CD, Compilation, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| — | Impulse! · GRD-116 — CD, Compilation, Repress · RVG stamp |
| — | Jazz Heritage · 513790Z — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Repress · RVG stamp |
| 1964 | Impulse! · AS-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1972 | Impulse! · A-61 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1982 | MCA Impulse! · MCA-29071 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1982 | MCA Impulse! · MCA-29071 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Pinckneyville |
| — | ABC Impulse! — STEREO |
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