Duke Ellington

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

This CD presents the complete original classic album "Side by Side" Verve 8345, tracks 1-9). With Ellington and Hodges as co-leaders, this was a continuation of "Back to Back", and presented the extant tunes from that session, as well as another small group date featuring Hodges with Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Lawrence Brown and Billy Strayhorn. Six tracks from Hodges' following session, presenting very similar personnel and format, have been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

[1-2 & 4]: Duke Ellington (p), Johny Hodges (as), Hary “Sweets” Edison (tp),
Les Span (g, fl on 4), Al Hal (b), Jo Jones (d). New York, February 20, 1959.

[3 & 5-9]: Johny Hodges (as), Roy Eldridge (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Ben Webster (ts), Bily Strayhorn (p), Wendel Marshal (b), Jo Jones (d). New York, August 14, 1958.

[10-15] Bonus tracks:
Johny Hodges (as), Roy Eldridge (tp, flhr, out on 13), Ray Nance (tp, out on 12), Lawrence Brown (tb), Ben Webster (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, out on 11-12 & 14),
Billy Strayhorn (p), Jimmy Wode (b), Sam Wodyard (d)
Track 15 features Hodges and the rhythm section only. New York, September 10, 1958.

TRACKS:

01. Stompy Jones
02. Squeeze Me
03. Big Shoe
04. Going Up
05. Just A Memory
06. Let's Fall In Love
07. Ruint
08. Bend One
09. You Need To Rock
10. M.H.R.
11. Three And Six
12. Not So Dukish
13. Central Park
14. Preacher Blues
15. The Last Time I Saw Paris

Total Time: 77:00

“These are worthy additions to Ellington disciana. The best of the batch, Stompy Jones, is played with more deliberation than the Ellington band used on it almost 30 years ago. These are warm, satisfying performances.”- John S. Wilson (DownBeat)