Verve session · in the studio

January 11, 1956

Johnny Hodges And His Little Band

In the room

Johnny Hodges – alto sax
Ray Nance – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Harry Carney – baritone sax
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor sax
Billy Strayhorn – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums

The takes

1 of these 4 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.

What the numbers mean

Norman Granz's labels numbered the tunes they recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
2638-5	Hi'Ya	MGN-1055
2639	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter	Not issued at the time · later on Norgran 149
2640-4	Snibor	MGN-1055
2641-1	Texas Blues	MGN-1055

4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Johnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big Band – Ellingtonia '56 (Norgran MGN-1055)

MGN-1055 · 1956Ellingtonia '56Johnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big Band

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

7 of them 7 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGV-4009	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume Two	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8203	Duke's In Bed	Johnny Hodges And The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1956+	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8230	The Anatomy Of Improvisation	Various Artists	1957	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8271	The Big Sound	Johnny Hodges And The Ellington Men	1958	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8341	Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record	Various Artists	1959	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1541	The Nutcracker Suite	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8355	Not So Dukish	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard

6 of them 19 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGN-1045	Creamy Featuring Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode
BCP-60	Historically Speaking - The Duke	Duke Ellington	1956	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 933	At Newport	Duke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-Stars	1956	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 934	Ellington At Newport	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6005	Duke Ellington Presents...	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 951	A Drum Is A Woman	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1957	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1033	Such Sweet Thunder	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1957	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1085	Ellington Indigos	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1958	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1245	Newport 1958	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1958	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
MGV-4008	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume One	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1323	Ellington Jazz Party	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1959	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1400	Festival Session	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1597	Selections From Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite Thursday	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6035	Fifteen Star Saxophones	Various Artists	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6037	Big Band Contrast	Various Artists	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6040	A Jazz Version Of Highlights From The Opera: Porgy & Bess	Mel Torme, Frances Faye	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6065	Golden Jazz Instrumentals	Various Artists	1962	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
V-8452	Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra	Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra	1962	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Sam Woodyard
V-4072	Ella & Duke At The Cote D'Azur	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1967	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard

5 of them 9 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
CL 6024	Mood Ellington	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1948	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 6073	Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1949	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1035	Alto Sax	Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn
CL 825	Masterpieces By Ellington (In Uncut Concert Arrangements)	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn
CL 1445	Blues In Orbit	Duke Ellington	1960	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode
A-26	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	1963	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Sam Woodyard
A-61	Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges	1964	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
A-99	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1	Various Artists	1964	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Sam Woodyard
V-8701	Soul Call	Duke Ellington	1967	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard

4 of them 9 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGN-1009	More Of Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1954	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 830	Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn
MGN-1060	Used To Be Duke	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
RLP 12-246	Duke With A Difference	Clark Terry	1957	Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
RLP 12-284	Saxophone Revolt	Various Artists	1958	Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1162	Black, Brown And Beige	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Featuring Mahalia Jackson	1958	Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8358	Blues-A-Plenty	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
V-4070	Ella At Duke's Place	Ella Fitzgerald With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1966	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
A-9108	Once Upon A Time	Earl Hines	1966	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton

3 of them 14 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7645	Duke Ellington's Orchestra · not on the site yet	Duke Ellington's Orchestra	1933	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney
BLP 5027	Swing Hi-Swing Lo	Various Artists	1953	Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1004	Memories Of Ellington By Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1954	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Billy Strayhorn
MGC-639	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Billy Strayhorn
MGC-640	Harry Carney With Strings	Harry Carney And His Orchestra	1955	Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 663	Blue Light	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney
MGN-1048	Castle Rock	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Billy Strayhorn
CL 872	Blue Rose	Rosemary Clooney And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Ray Nance, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 1198	The Cosmic Scene	Duke Ellington's Spacemen	1958	Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8345	Side By Side	Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Plus Others	1960	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Billy Strayhorn
A-89	Inspired Abandon	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars With Johnny Hodges	1965	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown
MGV-8195	Compendium Of Jazz #2	Various Artists	1956+	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Billy Strayhorn
V-8635	Blue Pyramid	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1966	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8732	Hodges & Hines: Swing's Our Thing	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	1968	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard

2 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGN-4	Al Hibbler Favorites	Al Hibbler	1954	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1021	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1024	Dance Bash	Johnny Hodges	1955	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
CL 814	The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Vol. 1	Benny Goodman	1956	Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney
MGV-8194	Compendium Of Jazz #1	Various Artists	1956+	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MG-36018	Alto Altitude	Various Artists	1955	Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney
MGN-1059	In A Tender Mood	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGN-1061	The Blues	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
MGV-4000	Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs	Al Hibbler	1956	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
LP-620	Out On A Limb	Clark Terry	1957	Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
LP-626	Cookin'	Paul Gonsalves	1958	Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
CL 637	Lady Day	Billie Holiday	1961	Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney
V-8492	The Eleventh Hour	Johnny Hodges	1962	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance
A-55	Tell It The Way It Is!	Paul Gonsalves	1963	Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance
V-8617	Joe's Blues	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1965	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
V-8630	Wings & Things	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1965	Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown
V-8680	Blue Notes	Johnny Hodges	1967	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8726	Don't Sleep In The Subway	Johnny Hodges	1967	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton