The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions Box Set Limited Numbered Vinyl

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The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions - Mosaic  114 Box Set
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 From 1944-45, pianist Art Hodes led nine sessions for Blue Note in addition to being a featured sideman on a quartet date headed by drummer Baby Dodds.

This limited edition five-LP box set from Mosaic has all 70 selections, including ten that were previously un-issued. Hodes, a veteran of 1920s Chicago who later received recognition for his blues playing, loved playing Dixieland and classic jazz.

In settings ranging from a trio to a septet, Hodes inspires and interacts with some of the top trad jazz players of the mid-1940s, including trumpeters Max Kaminsky and (on one session) Wild Bill Davison; trombonists Ray Conniff, Sandy Williams, and Vic Dickenson; clarinetists Rod Cless, Edmond Hall, Mezz Mezzrow, Omer Simeon, and Albert Nicholas; the great soprano innovator Sidney Bechet; bassists Bob Haggart, Israel Crosby, Pops Foster, and Wellman Braud; and drummers Dodds, Danny Alvin, and Fred Moore, among others.

The music overall is generally straightforward Dixieland with plenty of exciting ensembles and hot solos. A collector's item that (typically for Mosaic) was perfectly conceived.

This box set is one of a limited pressing of 7500. Inner booklet is in excellent condition.

 Review by S. Yanow

From 1944-45, pianist Art Hodes led nine sessions for Blue Note
in addition to being a featured sideman on a quartet date headed
by drummer Baby Dodds. This limited edition five-LP box set from
 Mosaic has all 70 selections, including ten that were previously
 unissued. Hodes, a veteran of 1920s Chicago who later received
recognition for his blues playing, loved playing Dixieland and
classic jazz.

In settings ranging from a trio to a septet, Hodes
inspires and interacts with some of the top trad jazz players of
the mid-1940s, including trumpeters Max Kaminsky and (on one session)
 Wild Bill Davison; trombonists Ray Conniff, Sandy Williams,
and Vic Dickenson; clarinetists Rod Cless, Edmond Hall, Mezz Mezzrow,
 Omer Simeon, and Albert Nicholas; the great soprano innovator
Sidney Bechet; bassists Bob Haggart, Israel Crosby, Pops Foster,
 and Wellman Braud; and drummers Dodds, Danny Alvin, and Fred
Moore, among others. The music overall is generally straightforward
Dixieland with plenty of exciting ensembles and hot solos.

A collector's item that (typically for Mosaic) was perfectly conceived.

Tracklist


Track Listing

        Title/Composer    
Performer 
  
    1    
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin
   
Art Hodes
       
    2    
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin
   
Art Hodes
       
    3    
She's Crying for Me
Santo Pecora
   
Art Hodes
       
    4    
Yellow Dog Blues
W.C. Handy
   
Art Hodes
       
    5    
Slow 'Em Down Blues
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    6    
Doctor Jazz
Walter Melrose / King Oliver
   
Art Hodes
       
    7    
Shoe Shiner's Drag
Jelly Roll Morton
   
Art Hodes
       
    8    
There'll Be Some Changes Made
Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet
   
Art Hodes
       
    9    
There'll Be Some Changes Made
Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet
   
Art Hodes
       
    10    
Clark and Randolph
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    11    
M. K Blues
   
Art Hodes
       
    12    
M. K Blues
   
Art Hodes
       
    13    
Low Down Blues
Spencer Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    14    
Jug Head Boogie
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    15    
Jug Head Boogie
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    16    
S.C.H. Blues
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    17    
Back Room Blues
Pete Johnson
   
Art Hodes
       
    18    
Sweet Georgia Brown
Ben Bernie / Kenneth Casey / Maceo Pinkard
   
Art Hodes
       
    19    
Squeeze Me
Fats Waller / Clarence Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    20    
Squeeze Me
Fats Waller / Clarence Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    21    
Sugar Foot Stomp
Louis Armstrong / King Oliver
   
Art Hodes
       
    22    
Bugle Call Rag
Billy Meyers / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel
   
Art Hodes
       
    23    
Bugle Call Rag
Billy Meyers / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel
   
Art Hodes
       
    24    
Gut Bucket Blues
Louis Armstrong
   
Art Hodes
       
    25    
Apex Blues
Jimmie Noone
   
Art Hodes
       
    26    
Shake That Thing
Papa Charlie Jackson
   
Art Hodes
       
    27    
Shake That Thing
Papa Charlie Jackson
   
Art Hodes
       
    28    
(Back Home Again In) Indiana
James F. Hanley / Ballard MacDonald
   
Art Hodes
       
    29    
Nobody's Sweetheart
Ernie Erdman / Gus Kahn / Billy Meyers / Elmer Schoebel
   
Art Hodes
       
    30    
Nobody's Sweetheart
Ernie Erdman / Gus Kahn / Billy Meyers / Elmer Schoebel
   
Art Hodes
       
    31    
K.M. H Drag (Draggin' the Blues)
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    32    
Funny Feathers
Ruth Naomi Floyd / Victoria Spivey
   
Art Hodes
       
    33    
Blues 'N Booze
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    34    
That Eccentric Rag
John Robinson
   
Art Hodes
       
    35    
That Eccentric Rag
John Robinson
   
Art Hodes
       
    36    
Chicago Gal
   
Art Hodes
       
    37    
I Never Knew What a Gal Could Do
Elmer Schoebel
   
Art Hodes
       
    38    
Mr. Jelly Lord
Jelly Roll Morton
   
Art Hodes
       
    39    
At the Jazz Band Ball
Eddie Edwards / Nick LaRocca / Henry W. Ragas / Tony Sbarbaro / Larry Shields
   
Art Hodes
       
    40    
Wolverine Blues
Jelly Roll Morton / Benjamin Franklin Spikes / John Spikes
   
Art Hodes
       
    41    
Milenberg Joys
Paul Mares / Walter Melrose
   
Art Hodes
       
    42    
Walk on Down
   
Art Hodes
       
    43    
Willie the Weeper
Marty Bloom / Walter Melrose / Grant Rymal
   
Art Hodes
       
    44    
Willie the Weeper
Marty Bloom / Walter Melrose / Grant Rymal
   
Art Hodes
       
    45    
None of My Jelly Roll
Clarence Williams / Spencer Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    46    
Blues for Jelly
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    47    
Blues for Jelly
Art Hodes
   
Art Hodes
       
    48    
Beale Street Blues
W.C. Handy
   
Art Hodes
       
    49    
Jack Daily Blues
   
Art Hodes
       
    50    
None of My Jelly Roll
Clarence Williams / Spencer Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    51    
Save It, Pretty Mama
Joe Davis / Paul Denniker / Don Redman
   
Art Hodes
       
    52    
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Henry Creamer / Turner Layton
   
Art Hodes
       
    53    
Memphis Blues
W.C. Handy / George Norton
   
Art Hodes
       
    54    
Shine
Lew Brown / Ford Dabney / Cecil Mack
   
Art Hodes
       
    55    
St. James Infirmary
Joe Primrose / Traditional
   
Art Hodes
       
    56    
Infirmary
   
Art Hodes
       
    57    
The Darktown Strutters' Ball
Shelton Brooks
   
Art Hodes
       
    58    
The Darktown Strutters' Ball
Shelton Brooks
   
Art Hodes
       
    59    
Feelin' at Ease
Albert Nicholas
   
Art Hodes
       
    60    
Careless Love
W.C. Handy / Martha E. Koenig / Spencer Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    61    
High Society
Armand Piron / Clarence Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    62    
High Society
Armand Piron / Clarence Williams
   
Art Hodes
       
    63    
Winin' Boy Blues
Jelly Roll Morton
   
Art Hodes
       
    64    
Careless Love
W.C. Handy / Martha E. Koenig / Spencer Williams
   
Art Hodes


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