Verve session · in the studio

November 14, 1967

Johnny Hodges - Earl Hines Septet

In the room

Johnny Hodges – alto sax
Cat Anderson – trumpet, arranger · as William Cat Anderson
Buster Cooper – trombone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor sax, arranger
Aaron Bell – arranger
John Marabuto – arranger
Nat Pierce – arranger
Tom Whaley – arranger
Earl Hines – piano · as Earl Fatha Hines
Jerry Castleman – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums

The takes

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
104010	Mean To Me	V-8732
104011	Night Train To Memphis	V-8732
104012	Doll Valley	V-8732
104013	Can A Moose Crochet?	V-8732
104014	One Night In Trinidad	V-8732

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

Where it ended up

Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines – Hodges & Hines: Swing's Our Thing (Verve V-8732)

V-8732 · 1968Hodges & Hines: Swing's Our ThingJohnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines

Together elsewhere

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

6 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	A-9108	Once Upon A Time	Earl Hines	1966	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Buster Cooper, Jimmy Hamilton, Aaron Bell, Earl Hines

5 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
V-8452	Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra	Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra	1962	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard
V-4072	Ella & Duke At The Cote D'Azur	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1967	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Buster Cooper, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
V-8701	Soul Call	Duke Ellington	1967	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Buster Cooper, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard

4 of them 21 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BCP-60	Historically Speaking - The Duke	Duke Ellington	1956	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 933	At Newport	Duke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-Stars	1956	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 934	Ellington At Newport	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
MGN-1055	Ellingtonia '56	Johnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big Band	1956	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6005	Duke Ellington Presents...	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 951	A Drum Is A Woman	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1957	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 1033	Such Sweet Thunder	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1957	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 1085	Ellington Indigos	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1958	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 1245	Newport 1958	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1958	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
MGV-4008	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume One	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
MGV-4009	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume Two	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 1323	Ellington Jazz Party	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1959	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 1400	Festival Session	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 1541	The Nutcracker Suite	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard
CL 1597	Selections From Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite Thursday	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6035	Fifteen Star Saxophones	Various Artists	1960	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6037	Big Band Contrast	Various Artists	1960	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6040	A Jazz Version Of Highlights From The Opera: Porgy & Bess	Mel Torme, Frances Faye	1960	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
BCP-6065	Golden Jazz Instrumentals	Various Artists	1962	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
A-61	Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges	1964	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Buster Cooper, Jimmy Hamilton
V-4070	Ella At Duke's Place	Ella Fitzgerald With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1966	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Buster Cooper, Jimmy Hamilton

3 of them 9 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
CL 825	Masterpieces By Ellington (In Uncut Concert Arrangements)	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton
A-99	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1	Various Artists	1964	Johnny Hodges, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8203	Duke's In Bed	Johnny Hodges And The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1956+	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8230	The Anatomy Of Improvisation	Various Artists	1957	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8271	The Big Sound	Johnny Hodges And The Ellington Men	1958	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8341	Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record	Various Artists	1959	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
MGV-8355	Not So Dukish	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
A-26	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	1963	Johnny Hodges, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard
A-89	Inspired Abandon	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars With Johnny Hodges	1965	Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Buster Cooper

2 of them 22 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
CL 6024	Mood Ellington	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1948	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 6073	Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1949	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1009	More Of Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1954	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1035	Alto Sax	Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith	1955	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGN-1045	Creamy Featuring Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1955	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 830	Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Cat Anderson, Jimmy Hamilton
CL 872	Blue Rose	Rosemary Clooney And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1956	Cat Anderson, Sam Woodyard
MGN-1060	Used To Be Duke	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1956	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
RLP 12-246	Duke With A Difference	Clark Terry	1957	Johnny Hodges, Sam Woodyard
RLP 12-284	Saxophone Revolt	Various Artists	1958	Johnny Hodges, Sam Woodyard
CL 1162	Black, Brown And Beige	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Featuring Mahalia Jackson	1958	Cat Anderson, Sam Woodyard
CL 1198	The Cosmic Scene	Duke Ellington's Spacemen	1958	Jimmy Hamilton, Sam Woodyard
CL 1445	Blues In Orbit	Duke Ellington	1960	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
MGV-8358	Blues-A-Plenty	Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra	1960	Johnny Hodges, Sam Woodyard
A-30	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane	1963	Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard
CL 2029	Piano In The Foreground	Duke Ellington	1963	Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard
V-8635	Blue Pyramid	Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis	1966	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton
V-8647	Stride Right	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	1966	Johnny Hodges, Earl Hines
V-8795	Ella Fitzgerald And Her Trio · not on the site yet	Ella Fitzgerald And Her Trio	1966	Cat Anderson, Buster Cooper
V-8677	Encyclopedia Of Jazz (In The Sixties) Volume One: The Blues	Leonard Feather	1967	Johnny Hodges, Earl Hines
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