Jeep Is Jumpin'

Artist: Johnny Hodges
Label: Proper UK Boxed Sets
Category: Music

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Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 4

UPC: 805520020589
EAN: 0805520020589
ASIN: B0000918PL

Release Date: 2003-05-01

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Tracks:

Foolin' Myself
Sailboat in the Moonlight
You'll Never Go to Heaven
Peckin'
My Day
Slivery Moon and Golden Sands
Jeep's Blues
If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Rendezvous With Rhythm
You Walked Out of the Picture
Pyramid
Empty Ballroom Blues
Lost in Meditation
Blues Serenade
Love in Swingtime
Swingin' in the Dell
Jitterbug's Lullaby
Prelude to a Kiss
There's Something About an Old Love
Old Jeep Is Jumpin'
Krum Elbow Blues
I'm in Another World
Hodge Podge
Dancing on the Stars

Tracks:

Wanderlust
Like a Ship in the Night
Mississippi Dreamboat
Swingin' on the Campus
Dooji Wooji
Savoy Strut
Rent Party Blues
Good Gal Blues
Finesse
Home Town Blues
Dream Blues
Skunk Hollow Blues
I Know What You Do
Your Love Has Faded
Tired Socks
Good Queen Bess
That's the Blues, Old Man
Junior Hop
Squatty Roo
Passion Flower
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Goin' Out the Back Way
You're Driving Me Crazy
Who Struck John?

Tracks:

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream
June's Jumpin'
Violet Blue
Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
Frisky
Longhorn Blues
Far Away Blues
Searsy's Blues
Little Taste
Let the Zoomers Drool
Charlotte Russe (Lotus Blossom)
Jump, That's All
Last Legs Blues, Pt. 1
Last Legs Blues, Pt. 2
Nix It, Mix It
Time on My Hands
Get That Geet
That's Grand
Skip It
Perdido
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
Mood Indigo

Tracks:

Sweet Lorraine
Bean Bag Boogie
Hop, Skip and Jump
Rabbit's Blues (You Blew Out the Flame in My Heart)
Something to Pat Your Foot To
Blue Fantasia
My Reward
Good Queen Bess
Jeep's Blues
Solitude
Jeep Is Jumpin'
Castle Rock
Sophisticated Lady
Globe Trotter
Gentle Breeze
Sideways
Pound of Blues
Wham
Who Excited?
Sweeping the Blues Away
Day Dream
Standing Room Only
Below the Azores

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Customer Reviews:

Well done compliation of one of the great sax players.......2006-07-16

No one played a smoother or more sublime sax than Johnny Hodges, and this very competently-produced compilation does him proud. You get well over four hours of Johnny playing for the most part with other once and future Ellington sidemen, at an unbeatable price. The sound quality is first rate -- I honestly don't know what the criticism of the recording quality in the other post refers to, with the possible (and understandable) exception of some of the very early stuff on the first disk, I certainly can't hear it. Extensive and well-written liner notes also. Definitely a best buy.

For Fans Only.......2003-11-18

As a BIG fan of Johnny Hodges, I was disappointed in these recordings. As is frequently the case with boxed sets, there was too much thrown in. The early work, while of interest to fans, contains too many weak tracks, some of them so poorly mastered that you hear a loud hiss. His soprano sax efforts from the 30s, marred by commercial sounding vocals, are mostly forgettable. This should have been edited down to a 2CD set. Somehow the recording quality of even the later sides fails to capture the uniqueness of JH's sound.

The detailed notes on each recording are scholastically thorough and as a fan, I did enjoy reading a lot of new information about my idol.

Instead of bargain hunting, spend your money wisely on any of the below instead:

"Side by Side" (Verve MGVS-6109) for the excellent remastering and broad range (the power & strength of his sound as well as the sweetness)in a small combo setting. If not his best, at least my favorite.

"Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins"(Impulse IMPD-162) for some of the sweetest ensemble playing this side of heaven (don't be put off by Jeep's lack of billing, he's as prominent as the Hawk)

"Back to Back" (MGM 823 637-2) for the Rabbit's sweeter side in a set of extended classic blues numbers.

"The Great Ellington Units" (Bluebird (RCA)6751-2) mines the same turf as the boxed set under discussion, but the sound is MUCH better.

"The Duke: Duke Ellington the Essential Collection 1922-1962" (Columbia C3K 65841) an example of a more carefully selected a lovingly remastered collection featuring the full Duke Ellington orchestra. It has more good Hodges solos than the JH boxed set. Shows how well the sound CAN be remastered from old recordings. This IS an essential collection.

Bargain of the Decade.......2003-07-30

Johnny Hodges was one of the 3 or 4 greatest jazz saxophonists of all time. No one ever matched his beautiful tone, fluid technique, or sheer elegance. This amazing bargain set contains 4 CDs with 94 tracks featuring Hodges leading a small band of Duke Ellington's best musicians (Cootie Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Lawrence Brown, and Duke Ellington himself) dating from 1937 to 1952. (The last disc contains some rare recordings of Hodges on hiatus from Ellington's Orchestra, leading his own band.) The tunes are almost all Ellington, Hodges, and Irving Mills classics. The sound is clear and warm, without the muffled sound that mars too many old jazz reissues. The packaging is handsome, with lots of photos and good liner notes in the accompanying booklet. Kudos to Proper for bringing out such excellent, inexpensive sets of America's greatest music!

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