Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Back To Back (Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues)
| Recorded | Feb 20-26, 1958 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 175076 |
The record
Stripped to a small combo, Ellington's piano and Hodges' alto trade blues phrases with Edison's trumpet needling in between. No arrangements to hide behind here, just three of the idiom's finest melodists working it out in real time.
Session personnel
- Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
- Jo Jones — drums
- Les Spann — guitar
- Duke Ellington — piano
- Harry Edison — trumpet
- Al Hall — bass
- Sam Jones — bass
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 83 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG V-8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Trumpeter Label earliest on file |
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| — | Verve Records · MGV 8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| 1959 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1316 — Vinyl, LP, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1316 — Vinyl, LP, Label Variant |
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG V - 8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1316 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Trumpeter Label |
| 1960 | Verve Records · MG V - 8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG VS-6055 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG V-8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG V-8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Verve Records · VL-1046 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Flipback cover |
| 1963 | Verve Records · V-8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1965 | Verve Records · V6-8317 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1965 | Verve Records · MV-1028 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
Follow the players
Johnny Hodges also plays on
Jo Jones also plays on
Les Spann also plays on