Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - (Play the Blues) Back To Back.nfo
Back to Back, like its compendium Side By Side, has The Duke teamed up with Johnny Hodges and an all-star lineup to play the blues – jazz-style. On tunes like “Wabash Blues,” “Basin Street Blues,” “St. Louis Blues” and “Weary Blues” among others it is thrilling to hear Harry “Sweets” Edison playing trumpet, Sam Jones on bass and “Philly” Joe Jones on drums. Recorded directly to two-track and transferred from the original master by Bernie Grundman.
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 recording.
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.
Track listing
Side one:
1. Wabash Blues
2. Basin Street Blues
3. Beale Street Blues
Side two:
1. Weary Blues
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Loveless Blues
4. Royal Garden Blues
Personnel
Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Duke Ellington (p) Les Spann (g) Sam Jones (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, February 20, 1959
22729-2 St. Louis Blues
22730-3 Royal Garden Blues
22731-4 Beale Street Blues
22732-5 Loveless Love
22733-4 Basin Street Blues
Spann plays (g, fl). Al Hall (b) replaces Sam Jones
same location, date
22734-1 Weary Blues
22736-5 Wabash Blues
Technical Log
RCM Hannl 'limited'
Music Hall MMF 5.1 Turntable with Pro-Ject Speedbox
Goldring 1042GX reference Cartridge
Belari VP-129 Tube Phono PreAmp with Sylvania 12AX7WA
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Interconnections by "Goldkabel"
Wavelab 5 recording software
Vacuum cleaning > TT > Belari > Laptop > Wavelab 5.01 (24/96) > manual click removal > analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)
No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.
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