Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges

Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
Studio album by Johnny Hodges
Released	1964
Recorded	February 6, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Length	68:04
Label	Impulse! Records
Producer	Bob Thiele
Johnny Hodges chronology
Mess of Blues (1963) Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964) Blue Rabbit (1964)

Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges, released on Impulse! Records in 1964. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

In a review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos wrote: "It would be difficult to pick a favorite or a clunker, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anything more inspired or another project loaded with this much talent. Everybody knows Johnny Hodges and this stellar collection of all-stars, because they are absolutely the best at what they do." ^[1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full 4 stars, calling it "essential." ^[3]

Track listing

1. "Everybody Knows" (Johnny Hodges) – 7:25
2. "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:04
3. "Papa Knows" (J. Hodges) – 6:52
4. "310 Blues" (Strayhorn) – 4:34
5. "The Jeep is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington, Hodges, Strayhorn) – 2:45
6. "Main Stem" (Ellington) – 3:28
7. "Medley: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond, Bob Russell – 4:44
8. "Open Mike" (Cat Anderson) – 3:09

The CD version adds 8 bonus tracks, consisting of the entire album Inspired/Abandon by Lawrence Brown's All-Stars feat. Johnny Hodges:

1. "Stompy Jones" (Ellington) – 4:00
2. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills) – 4:25
3. "Good Queen Bess" (J. Hodges) – 3:07
4. "Little Brother" (J. Hodges, Cue Hodges) – 5:43
5. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, J. Hodges) – 5:43
6. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Russell) – 2:34
7. "Ruint" (Ellington, J. Hodges) – 3:21
8. "Sassy Cue" (J. Hodges, C. Hodges) – 3:42

Personnel

Performance

Johnny Hodges – alto sax Cat Anderson – trumpet Harold Ashby – tenor sax Lawrence Brown – trombone Harry Carney – baritone sax Buster Cooper – trombone Richard Davis – bass Rolf Ericson – trumpet Paul Gonsalves – tenor sax Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor sax

Johnny Hodges, Jr. – drums Gus Johnson – drums Herb Jones – trumpet Jimmy Jones – piano Ray Nance – trumpet, violin, vocals Russell Procope – clarinet, alto sax Ernie Shepard – bass Grady Tate – drums Britt Woodman – trombone

Production

Cue Hodges – composer Billy Strayhorn – composer Bob Thiele – original session producer Doreen Kalcich – assistant producer Bob Simpson – engineer Rudy Van Gelder – engineer Joseph Doughney – post-production Michael Landy – post-production Adam Zelinka – post-production Michael Pollard – production coordination Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer Erick Labson – digital remastering

Dave Grusin – executive producer Larry Rosen – executive producer Stanley Dance – liner notes Frank Driggs – photography Charles Stewart – photography Emili Bogin – graphic design David Gibb – graphic design Scott Johnson – graphic design Andy Ruggirello – graphic design Dan Serrano – graphic design Andy Baltimore – creative director

References

1. Nastos, Michael G. "Everybody Knows - Johnny Hodges". Allmusic . All Media Guide . Retrieved May 31, 2011.
2. "Johnny Hodges - Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 713. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  103. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.