DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHNNY HODGES "BACK TO BACK" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO, NEW
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DUKE ELLINGTON AND JOHNNY HODGES PLAY THE BLUES "BACK TO BACK"
2012 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES" RELEASE, 2LP, 45RPM, 200G VIRGIN VINYL, 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS #98, SOLD-OUT EDITION, RECORDED FEBRUARY 20TH & 26TH, 1958 AT COLUMBIA STUDIOS IN NYC, PRODUCED BY NORMAN GRANZ, MASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND AND CUT FRON THE ABSOLUTE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS. CATALOG NUMBER AP-6055.
"DUKE ELLINGTON DEVOTED A COMPLETE LP TO THE BLUES. BUT INSTEAD OF INVITING HIS WHOLE ORCHESTRA INTO THE STUDIO, HE ONLY CHOSE THE RHYTHM SECTION AND JOHNNY HODGES, HIS STAR SOLOIST ON THE ALTO SAXOPHONE. IN ADDITION HE ASKED HARRY 'SWEETS' EDISON, WHO PLAYED MUTED TRUMPET IN THE COUNT BASIE BAND, TO JOIN THEM. DID THEY CONSULT ONE ANOTHER? THESE MUSICIANS DON'T NEED THAT SORT OF THING! ARRANGEMENTS? WHAT FOR? FOR THE BLUES? ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY! IT'S IN OUR BLOOD! PLAYING THE BLUES IS OUTDATED? NO WAY! JUST LISTEN TO OUR "ROYAL GARDEN BLUES"! MODERN RIFFS IN EVERY SINGLE SECOND! BY THE WAY: THIS LATTER NUMBER IS THE ONLY TRUE BLUES-STRICKLY SPEAKING-AMONG THESE NINE TITLES."
"THE BLUES! PLAYED AGAIN AND AGAIN. REDISCOVERED AND REINVENTED AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE FOUNDATION OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES AND STYLES OF POPULAR MUSIC FROM 1890 TO THE PRESENT DAY! ALTHOUGH NOT ALWAYS RECOGNIZABLE AS SUCH, AND OFTEN LABELED BLUES ALTHOUGH NOT ADHERING TO THE STRICT FORM, IT HAS PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR MUSIC BY SUCH DIVERSE ARTISTS AS LOUIS ARMSTRONG, ELVIS PRESLEY, THE BEATLES, AND ERIC CLAPTON. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE DUKE, TOO, SHOULD DEVOTE A COMPLETE LP TO THIS THEME." "SEVERAL TIMES IN HIS CAREER STAR ALTO-SAXOPHONE SOLOIST JOHNNY HODGES STRUCK OUT ON HIS OWN, ONLY TO RETURN EACH TIME TO DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND. THERE SEEMED TO BE A CONSTANT TENSION BETWEEN THEM, THOUGH IT WAS OLD HAT BY THE TIME OF THIS 1958 RECORDING. A PLACE WHERE ELLINGTON'S UNIQUE PIANO PLAYING COULD COME TO THE FORE AND HODGE'S IRREPRESSIBLE SENSUALITY COULD HAVE FREE REIN. THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST SMALL GROUP RECORDS ELLINGTON EVER MADE, A RELAXED, PERFECTLY INTEGRATED SET OF MUSIC THAT TRULY SWINGS THE BLUES!"
"THESE ARE ALL TRULY CLASSIC VERVE TITLES THAT YOU SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO MISS...MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SOUND OF THESE REISSUES IS NOTHING SHORT OF ASTOUNDING!"--DANNY KAET, POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE
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