In a Tender Mood
1955 studio album by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
In a Tender Mood | ||||
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Studio album by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | January 15, February 28, March 3, 1951, and January 13, 1952 New York City and San Francisco, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:10 | |||
Label | Norgran MGN 1059 | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Johnny Hodges chronology | ||||
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In a Tender Mood is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1951 and 1952 and released on the Norgran label.[1][2]
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated
- "Who's Excited" (Johnny Hodges, Mercer Ellington) - 3:05
- "Standing Room Only" - 2:48
- "What's I'm Gotchere" (Edith Cue) - 3:56
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) - 6:01
- "Duke's Blues" - 6:08
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:21
- "Tea for Two" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 3:00
- "Nothin' Yet" (Emmett Berry) - 2:42
- Recorded in New York City on January 13, 1952 (track 1) and January 17, 1952 (track 2), and in San Francisco, CA on March 25, 1952 (tracks 4–7) and July 17, 1952 (tracks 3 & 8).
Personnel
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Emmett Berry - trumpet
- Lawrence Brown - trombone
- Flip Phillips (tracks 3 & 8), Al Sears (tracks 1, 2 & 4–7) - tenor saxophone
- Leroy Lovett - piano
- Red Callender (tracks 3 & 8), Barney Richmond (tracks 4–7), Lloyd Trotman (tracks 1 & 2) - bass
- J. C. Heard (tracks 3 & 8), Joe Marshall (tracks 1, 2 & 4–7) - drums
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader or
co-leader
- Castle Rock (1951–52)
- In a Tender Mood (1951–52)
- The Blues (1952–54)
- Used to Be Duke (1954)
- Creamy (1955)
- Duke's in Bed (1956)
- Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
- The Big Sound (1957)
- Blues A-Plenty (1958)
- Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958)
- Not So Dukish (1958)
- Side by Side (and Duke Ellington, 1958–59)
- Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
- Blue Hodge (1961)
- Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961)
- Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963–64)
- Sandy's Gone (1963)
- Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963)
- Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65)
- Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66)
- Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66)
- Inspired Abandon (and Lawrence Brown, 1965)
- Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
- Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
- Blue Notes (1966)
- Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966)
- Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966)
- Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
- Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967)
- Triple Play (1967)
- Rippin' & Runnin' (1968)
- 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
others
- Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (and Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, 1962)
- Joya Sherrill Sings Duke (Joya Sherrill, 1965)
- Cue for Saxophone (Billy Strayhorn, 1959)
- Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959)
- Duke with a Difference (Clark Terry, 1957)