Johnny Hodges - Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra - Analogue Productions 45rpm LP

Recorded during the last decade of his long tenure with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, this album finds the great alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges' musical gifts not only intact but stronger than ever. Featuring the Ellington band - with Jimmy Jones on piano and Billy Strayhorn as bandleader and arranger - it is a fascinating program of Ellington remakes, including tome of the orchestra's most familiar numbers, all of which have been given subtle new orchestrations by Strayhorn and melodious new interpretations by Hodges. Recorded in 1961. Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone Billy Strayhorn, arranger, conductor, performer Cat Anderson, trumpet Shorty Baker, trumpet Aaron Bell, bass Bill Berry, trumpet Lawrence Brown, trombone Harry Carney, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone Chuck Conors, bass trombone Paul Gonsalves, tenor saxophone Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet, tenor saxophone Quentin Jackson, trombone Jimmy Jones, piano Howard McGhee, trumpet Ed Mullens, trumpet Russell Procope,