JOHNNY HODGES WITH BILLY STRAYHORN AND THE ORCHESTRA

1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore [orig. Never No Lament] (Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington-Johnny Hodges, b. Cornelius Hodge-Sidney Russell)
2. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (Duke Ellington-Paul Francis Webster)
3. Gal From Joe's (Duke Ellington)
4. Your Love Has Faded (Duke Ellington-William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn)
5. I'm Just A Lucky So-and-So (Duke Ellington-Mack David)
6. Jeep's Blues (Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges)
7. Day Dream (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn)
8. Juice A-Plenty (Johnny Hodges)
9. Azure (Duke Ellington)
10. Tailor Made (Johnny Hodges-Eddie Mullens)
11. Star Dust (Hoagy Carmichael)

Johnny Hodges plays alto saophone on all tracks accompianied by:

Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Bill Berry, Ed Mullens (tpt); Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson (trmb); Chuck Connors (b trmb); Russell Procope (cl, as); Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Harry Carney (bs, bcl); Jimmy Jones (p); Aaron Bell (b); Sam Woodyard (d); Billy Strayhorn (arr, cond).
On track 5: Howard McGhee (tpt) replaces Baker.
On tracks 9 and 10: Add McGhee.

Recorded December 1961 at Van Gelder Recording Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: tracks 2-6, 8, 10 and 11 probably on December 11; tracks 1, 7, and 9 probably on December 12

1999 Verve