• 180 GRAM COLORED VIRGIN VINYL

• LIMITED EDITION

• FEATURING BEN WEBSTER

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

CONTAINS NEW SPECIALLY PREPARED LINER NOTES BY PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ’s WRITER BRIAN MORTON AND BY PARIS’ PRESTIGIOUS JAZZ MAGAZINE

“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.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS: Same personnel but Ray Nance (tp) & Jimmy Hamilton (cl) added, and Lawrence Brown (tb) replaces Dickenson.
• New York, September 10, 1958.

• SIDE A:
• 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. CENTRAL PARK SWING (*)

• SIDE B:
• 01. SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLUES
• 02. SATIN DOLL
• 03. REELIN’ AND ROCKIN’
• 04. M.H.R. (*)