Inspired Abandon
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{{Infobox album
| name = Inspired Abandon
| type = Album
| artist = Lawrence Brown with Johnny Hodges
| cover = Inspired Abandon.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1965
| recorded = March 8, 1965
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 31:48
| label = Impulse!
| producer =
| chronology = Lawrence Brown
| prev_title = Slide Trombone featuring Lawrence Brown
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Johnny Hodges
| prev_title = Wings & Things
| prev_year = 1965
| title = Inspired Abandon
| year = 1965
| next_title = Stride Right
| next_year = 1966}}
}}
Inspired Abandon is an album by American jazz trombonist Lawrence Brown with Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1965 for the Impulse! label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-89 Impulse! Records discography] accessed March 24, 2011 The album was rereleased on CD as bonus tracks on the American CD reissue of Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/inspired-abandon-r135888 Allmusic Review] accessed March 24, 2011
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Track listing
:All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated
- "Stompy Jones" (Duke Ellington) - 3:57
- "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard) - 4:22
- "Good Queen Bess" - 3:05
- "Little Brother" - 5:14
- "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Hodges) - 5:40
- "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (Ellington) - 2:33
- "Ruint" (Ellington, Hodges) - 3:18
- "Sassy Cue" - 3:39
:*Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 8, 1965
Personnel
- Lawrence Brown – trombone
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Ray Nance - cornet
- Cat Anderson - trumpet (tracks 1 & 3-8)
- Buster Cooper - trombone (tracks 1 & 3-8)
- Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet (tracks 1 & 3-8)
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3-8)
- Jimmy Jones - piano
- Richard Davis – bass
- Gus Johnson (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8), Johnny Hodges Jr. (tracks 2 & 4) – drums
References
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Category:Impulse! Records albums