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The Complete Verve Small Sessions 1956 - 1961

Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra, Wendell Marshall (double bass), Jo Jones (drums), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Sam Woodyard (drums), Jimmy Woode (upright bass)

  • Release Date: 4th Oct 2011
  • Catalogue No: 2780347
  • Label: Verve
  • Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

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Contents

Hi 'Ya

Work length3:08
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956-01-11
  • Recording Venue: Fine Sound, NYC

Snibor

Work length7:14
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956-01-11
  • Recording Venue: Fine Sound, NYC

Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

Work length3:28
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956-01-11
  • Recording Venue: Fine Sound, NYC

Texas Blues

Work length11:44
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956-01-11
  • Recording Venue: Fine Sound, NYC

Hodges: A-Oddie-Oobie

Work length3:31
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Meet Mr. Rabbit

Work length7:14
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges: Duke's In Bed

Work length2:53
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 1956-09-01
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Just Squeeze Me

Work length3:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Ballade For Very Tired And Very Sad Lotus Eaters

Work length3:20
$1.10
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Confab With Rab

Work length3:16
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Isham Jones: It Had To Be You

Work length3:05
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

James Wesley "Bubber" Miley, Duke Ellington: Black And Tan Fantasy

Work length6:18
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Strayhorn: Take the A Train

Work length8:03
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Viscount

Work length2:27
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1957-09-03
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Bouquet Of Roses

Work length3:24
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1957-09-03
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Digits

Work length4:18
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1957-09-03
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Hodges: Early Morning Rock

Work length3:36
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  • Recorded: 1957-09-03
  • Recording Venue: Chicago, IL

Blues-A-Plenty

Work length3:23
$1.10
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  • Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Cool Your Motor

Work length3:36
$1.10
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  • Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Herbert Magidson: Gone With The Wind

Work length3:18
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Hodges: Honey Hill

Work length4:03
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  • Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Duke Ellington, Bob Russell: I Didn't Know About You

Work length3:33
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  • Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Ellington: Satin Doll

Work length5:01
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1958-04-05
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Reelin' And Rockin'

Work length9:35
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  • Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Henry Nemo: Don't Take Your Love From Me

Work length3:39
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Saturday Afternoon Blues

Work length5:59
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  • Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown: Just A Memory

Work length5:52
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Wendell Marshall (double bass), Jo Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Arlen: Let's fall in love

Work length6:47
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Wendell Marshall (double bass), Jo Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Jimmy Carrol Hamilton: Big Shoe

Work length5:35
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Wendell Marshall (double bass), Jo Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington: Ruint

Work length2:31
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Wendell Marshall (double bass), Jo Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Hodges: Bend One

Work length2:58
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Wendell Marshall (double bass), Jo Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Hodges: You Need To Rock

Work length5:51
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  • Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Wendell Marshall (double bass), Jo Jones (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn: M. H. R.

Work length5:57
$1.10
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  • Recorded: 1958-09-10
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Johnny Hodges, Mercer Ellington: Broadway Babe

Work length2:42
$1.10
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  • Recorded: 1958-09-10
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Strayhorn: Three And Six

Work length2:20
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Hodges: Not So Dukish

Work length7:51
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1958-09-10
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Jimmy Hamilton: Central Park Swing

Work length3:23
$1.10
$1.50
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1958-09-10
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Hodges: Preacher Blues

Work length8:22
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 1958-09-10
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Hodges: Jeep Bounced Back

Work length3:34
$1.10
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  • Recorded: 1958-09-10
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Kern: The Last Time I Saw Paris

Work length2:53
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  • Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn (piano), Jimmy Woode (upright bass), Sam Woodyard (drums)
  • Recorded: 1958-09-10
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

First Klass (C'mon Home)

Work length3:59
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-07
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City

Second Klass

Work length2:41
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-07
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City

Straight Back

Work length3:14
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-07
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City

Steerage

Work length7:52
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-07
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City

Third Klass

Work length3:31
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-07
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City

Meet The Frog

Work length3:05
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-08
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City

Nite Life

Work length5:29
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-08
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Recording Studios, New York City

My Melancholy Baby

Work length2:57
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-08
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Recording Studios, New York City

Strayhorn: Lotus Blossom

Work length2:44
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-08
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Recording Studios, New York City

Free For All

Work length5:54
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1959-04-08
  • Recording Venue: Columbia Recording Studios, New York City

Br' Rabbit

Work length4:11
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Starting With You (I'm Through)

Work length3:56
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

The Hare

Work length6:22
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

The Things You Miss

Work length3:48
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

I Told You So

Work length3:28
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Wiggle Awhile

Work length4:29
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Get Ready

Work length7:08
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

The Peaches Are Better Down The Road

Work length7:18
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Hygiene

Work length5:31
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-09-08
  • Recording Venue: Nola Studios, NYC, NY

Ben's Web

Work length5:05
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Side Door (Don't Kid Yourself)

Work length5:47
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Blues'll Blow Your Fuse

Work length4:18
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill: I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

Work length2:44
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Dual Highway

Work length3:14
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Big Ears

Work length4:47
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Shorty Gull

Work length3:45
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Ifida

Work length4:34
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Big Smack

Work length4:49
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

I'd Be There

Work length5:14
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Just Another Day

Work length5:46
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Lollagagin Now

Work length2:50
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-11-22
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, CA

Harry Akst, Grant Clarke, Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz: Medley: Am I Blue / Something to Remember You By

Work length4:22
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Bud Green, Michael Edwards: Once In A While

Work length3:42
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

Work length2:24
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$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Vincent Youmans, Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf: Medley: More Than You Know / Memories Of You

Work length7:11
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Noble, Ray: The very thought of you

Work length3:00
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Einar Aaron Swan: When Your Lover Has Gone

Work length3:40
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Blues Serenade

Work length2:54
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Porter, C: Night and Day

Work length4:04
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II: Lover Come Back To Me

Work length4:41
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

Work length5:23
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1960-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Olmsted Sound Studios, New York, NY

Carmichael, H: Two Sleepy People

Work length3:00
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges (vocals)
  • Recorded: 1960-12-08
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: Exactly Like You

Work length2:49
$0.85
$1.15
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Harry James, Don George, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges: I'm Beginning To See The Light

Work length3:57
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1961-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Val's Lament

Work length4:07
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Tipsy Joe

Work length5:26
$0.85
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Waiting On The Champagne

Work length3:22
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Sweet Cookie

Work length3:21
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Earl Hooker: Frog Hop

Work length4:10
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Zag Zig

Work length3:34
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Dag Knows

Work length5:21
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Twice Daily

Work length5:18
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

John Smith

Work length3:04
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Leonard Feather: Romeo

Work length2:17
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Black Sapphire

Work length2:36
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  • Johnny Hodges
  • Recorded: 1961-02-21
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

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