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

| venue =

| 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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| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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Track listing

:All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

  1. "Stompy Jones" (Duke Ellington) - 3:57
  2. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard) - 4:22
  3. "Good Queen Bess" - 3:05
  4. "Little Brother" - 5:14
  5. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Hodges) - 5:40
  6. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (Ellington) - 2:33
  7. "Ruint" (Ellington, Hodges) - 3:18
  8. "Sassy Cue" - 3:39

:*Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 8, 1965

Personnel

References