Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges – Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (LP Vinyl)
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The pairing made perfect sense on paper and delivered in practice: Mulligan's cool, airy baritone and Hodges' deeply blues-soaked alto occupied such different corners of the saxophone universe that their conversation here crackles with genuine contrast. Hodges had spent decades as Duke Ellington's most distinctive voice, and that Ellington sensibility runs underneath the whole session, even on Mulligan's own compositions.
Gerry Mulligan/Johnny Hodges - "Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)". Recorded in 1959, Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges is heralded as one of the best of Mulligan's recorded pairings with fellow instrumentalists. On this date, the two saxophonists are joined by a solid rhythm section of Claude Williamson (piano), Buddy Clark (bass) and Mel Lewis (drums), splitting the repertoire across three originals each from Mulligan and Hodges. The two complement the other throughout except for Mulligan's "What's the Rush," where the baritonist sits out altogether in favor of Hodges' alto taking the spotlight. Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
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UPC: 602478282171
Label: Verve
Release Date: 10.24.25
Format: LP Vinyl