• INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

• 12-PAGE BOOKLET

This release contains the Johnny Hodges’ complete original LP Not So Dukish (Verve MGV 8355) Featuring the great alto saxophonist backed by an all-star group featuring Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, and Jimmy Hamilton, plus an Ellingtonian rhythm section formed by Billy Strayhorn on piano, Jimmy Woode on bass, and Sam Woodyard on drums. To the original eight tracks of the original LP, we have added another complete session (that first appeared on a compilation LP), which also features Hodges with Ben Webster, as well as two beautiful Hodges quartet sides from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

• JOHNNY HODGES, alto sax
• BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax
• ROY ELDRIDGE & RAY NANCE, trumpet
• LAWRENCE BROWN, trombone
• JIMMY HAMILTON, clarinet
• BILLY STRAYHORN, piano
• JIMMY WOODE, bass
• SAM WOODYARD, drums

New York, September 10, 1958.

• [9-15] BONUS TRACKS:
• (9-13): Johnny Hodges (as), Ben Webster (ts), Shorty Baker (tp), Quentin Jackson, John Sanders (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Jimmy Jones (p), Les Spann (g, fl on 13), Ray Brown (b). New York, April 7, 1959.
• (14-15): Johnny Hodges (as), Jimmy Jones (p), Aaron Bell (b), Sonny Greer (d). New York, December 8-9, 1960

TRACKS:

• 01. M.H.R.
• 02. BROADWAY BABE
• 03. THREE AND SIX
• 04. NOT SO DUKISH
• 05. CENTRAL PARK SWING
• 06. PREACHER BLUES
• 07. JEEP BOUNCED BACK
• 08. THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS
• 09. FIRST KLASS [aka C’MON HOME] (*)
• 10. SECOND KLASS (*)
• 11. STRAIGHT BACK (*)
• 12. STEERAGE (*)
• 13. THIRD KLASS (*)
• 14. ONCE IN A WHILE (*)
• 15. BLUES SERENADE (*)