Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges

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

Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedFebruary 6, 1964
GenreJazz
Length68:04
LabelImpulse! Records
ProducerBob Thiele
Johnny Hodges chronology
Mess of Blues
(1963)
Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
(1964)
Blue Rabbit
(1964)

Reception

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Professional ratings
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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

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  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

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Performance

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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.