Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges

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

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

"Everybody Knows" (Johnny Hodges) – 7:25
"A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:04
"Papa Knows" (J. Hodges) – 6:52
"310 Blues" (Strayhorn) – 4:34
"The Jeep is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington, Hodges, Strayhorn) – 2:45
"Main Stem" (Ellington) – 3:28
"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
"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:

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

Personnel

Performance

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

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

[allmusic-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.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 103. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Castle Rock (1951–52) In a Tender Mood (1951–52) The Blues (1952–54) Used to Be Duke (1954) Creamy (1955) Duke's in Bed (1956) Ellingtonia '56 (1956) The Big Sound (1957) Blues A-Plenty (1958) Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958) Not So Dukish (1958) Side by Side (and Duke Ellington, 1958–59) Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Blue Hodge (1961) Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961) Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963–64) Sandy's Gone (1963) Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963) Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65) Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66) Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66) Inspired Abandon (and Lawrence Brown, 1965) Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965) Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965) Blue Notes (1966) Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966) Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967) Triple Play (1967) Rippin' & Runnin' (1968) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With others	Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (and Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, 1962) Joya Sherrill Sings Duke (Joya Sherrill, 1965) Cue for Saxophone (Billy Strayhorn, 1959) Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959) Duke with a Difference (Clark Terry, 1957)
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