Mercury Records Collection: MG C-128: Johnny Hodges Collates, No.2

MG C-128: Johnny Hodges Collates, No.2

Label Type :	black/silver Mercury type A trumpeter
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MGC·128A
	SIDE-B	MGC·128B

Comments

Inside The Groove

Another collection of Johnny Hodges' 78rpm/45rpm produced by Norman Granz.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	C 762-3	Duke's Blues	-
A-2	C 763-6	Tea For Two	-
A-3	C 806-6	Rosanne	-
SIDE-B
B-1	C 760-4	Tenderly	-
B-2	C 663-4	Below The Azores	-
B-3	C 512-3	Jeep's Blues	-
B-4	C 799-1	What's I'm Gotchere	-

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

B-3:
Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb),
Johnny Hodges (as), Al Sears (ts),
Leroy Lovett (p), Lloyd Trotman (b), Sonny Greer (ds).
Recorded in New York City on February 28, 1951.

B-2:
same personnel as B-3, except:
Joe Marshall (ds) replaces Sonny Greer.
Recorded in New York City on January 17, 1952.

A-1, A-2, B-1:
same personnel as B-2, except:
Barney Richmond (b) replaces Lloyd Trotman.
Recorded in San Francisco, CA on March 25, 1952.

B-4:
Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb),
Johnny Hodges (as), Flip Phillips (ts),
Leroy Lovett or Teddy Brannon (p), Red Callender (b), J.C. Heard (ds),
Al Hibbler (vo).
Recorded in San Francisco, CA on July 17, 1952.

A-3:
Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb),
Johnny Hodges (as), Ben Webster (ts),
Leroy Lovett (p), Red Callender (b), J.C. Heard (ds),
Al Hibbler (vo).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on July 22, 1952.