Ellington Hodges best disc?

[Jazztropic]

Have " Side by Side" and" Back To Back" love them! What are some other favorite Hodges and Ellington cds?

[Shawn]

There's probably 1000 more discs out there with them together.

You HAVE to get this one....all-time classic:

Hodges, Ellington...and Bean = KILLER

[Guy Berger]

There's some incredible Hodges on the Ellington disc ...And His Mother Called Him Bill.

Guy

[Quincy]

  Guy said:

There's some incredible Hodges on the Ellington disc ...And His Mother Called Him Bill.

Indeed! A hot night last night with no A/C and I put that on last night. Sigh...I had intended to play Afro Bossa instead but switched over to your suggestion as I love that album so.

Far East Suite too. And many more from many years earlier.

Sorry to OP Jazztropic if he knows all this and instead is looking for smaller group recs like Back To Back (a favorite of mine too.)

[Alexander Hawkins]

Squatty Roo (1940(?) small group).

[jazzbo]

There are SO MANY .. . really Hodges in any Ellington situation was remarkably consistently great.

Favorites of mine are the Columbia labels and the RCA small group sides. Killer stuff for all concerned. And I really like the use of Hodges in "Anatomy of a Murder" and "Such Suite Thunder." Great writing that is wonderfully executed by Der Rabbit.

[robviti]

another for such sweet thunder and and his mother called him bill. hodges' solo on star-crossed lovers on the first disc is wonderful, as is his emotional reading of blood count on the latter recording (made shortly after strayhorn's passing.)

[jlhoots]

Duke's In Bed (of course, no Ellington on that one except what I presume are Duke's slippers on the cover).

Edited June 28, 2006 by jlhoots

[jazzbo]

Probably a pair of slippers the lp photographer rounded up somewhere!

[BruceH]

Another vote for Such Sweet Thunder, ...And His Mother Called Him Bill, and Anatomy Of A Murder. Hard to go wrong with anything, though.

[Alexander Hawkins]

'Blues for New Orleans' from the New Orleans Suite is pretty heavy (and sadly, as late as late Hodges gets).

[montg]

  Shawn said:

There's probably 1000 more discs out there with them together.

You HAVE to get this one....all-time classic:

Hodges, Ellington...and Bean = KILLER

This is one I've neer really warmed up to. That tacky 'Limbo jazz' at the outset kills it for me. I'll have to give it another spin though, it's been a few years since I've listened to it.

[jazzbo]

"Limbo Jazz" is the one everyone loves!

Give it another shot. . . it's all good.

[montg]

  jazzbo said:

"Limbo Jazz" is the one everyone loves!

Give it another shot. . . it's all good.

Actually, I had the opportunity to listen this afternoon. Still no-go for me on the Limbo jazz, but there is some lovely playing on the album. Hawk on 'Mood Indigo' more than makes up for the Limbo stuff, I guess. But boy, that Limbo riff is going to be stuck in my head the rest of the day

[jazzbo]

  montg said:

  jazzbo said:

"Limbo Jazz" is the one everyone loves!

Give it another shot. . . it's all good.

Actually, I had the opportunity to listen this afternoon. Still no-go for me on the Limbo jazz, but there is some lovely playing on the album. Hawk on 'Mood Indigo' more than makes up for the Limbo stuff, I guess. But boy, that Limbo riff is going to be stuck in my head the rest of the day