Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin
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| name = Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin
| type = studio
| artist = Johnny Hodges
| cover = Johnny_Hodges_and_His_Strings_Play_the_Prettiest_Gershwin.jpg
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| released = June 1962
| recorded = November 18, 1958
Stuttgart, West Germany
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| genre = Jazz
| length = 34:54
| label = Verve MGV 8314
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| prev_title = Not So Dukish
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues
| next_year = 1959
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Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin is an album by saxophonist Johnny Hodges accompanied by an orchestra performing Gershwin tunes recorded in Stuttgart in 1958 for the Verve label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8300-series/#mgv-8314 Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series], accessed February 16, 2016[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/verve.pdf Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels] accessed February 16, 2016
Reception
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The AllMusic reviewer commented: "All of these performances, like most of the music in the latter day Johnny Hodges discography, combine the elegant tonal ligatures of swing and cool".{{AllMusic|first=arwulf |last=arwulf |class=album |id=mw0001059920 |title=Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin – Review |accessdate=February 16, 2016}}
Track listing
All compositions by George and Ira Gershwin, except as indicated.
- "Love Is Here to Stay" - 2:44
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - 3:13
- "'S Wonderful" - 2:51
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:59
- "Soon" - 2:58
- "But Not for Me" - 2:43
- "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) - 2:31
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - 3:16
- "Someone to Watch over Me" - 3:14
- "The Man I Love" - 2:57
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" - 2:38
- "They All Laughed" - 2:50
Personnel
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Horst Jankowski - piano
- Unidentified string section arranged by Russ Garcia and conducted by Wolfram Röhrig
References
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