Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin好久沒有聽這張,這兩天聽來覺得甜美異常,昨天晚上跑步跑到一半,部分的路燈及紅綠燈都因815台灣大停電而受影響,不敢硬跑,只得邊跑邊走,安全第一。
以前寫過 Jazz Giants with Strings 這一系列的唱片,詳可見。這一系列特點,當然就是大師跟弦樂的演出,有陣子聽起來,覺得很不對味(因為我不太喜歡弦樂或大樂團伴奏的爵士樂),不過這一系列多數唱片,都屬罕見盤。
這張 CD 的錄音很好,音色相當飽滿,不管是弦樂一片片的美感,及最重要 Johnny Hodges 的銅管,飽滿得很,尤其他薩克斯風尾音的韻味,補捉得相當好,第一曲的 Love is Here to Stay,在鋼琴聲彈起時,更是高潮,整個甜得不得了,總共12軌,只有3軌超過3分鐘,其他都不到3分鐘,這樣的長度,真是剛剛好,因為長度再長一點,就甜得過膩了,第4曲的 summertime,詮釋得很好,有點點那麼哀傷,卻令人回味再三,Horst Jankowski 的鋼琴彈得美極了,很芭樂的專輯,不過卻好聽!這個原來的包裝,真是令人有點眼花繚亂!
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Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny HodgesDigitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from sax legend Gerry Mulligan: Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges and What Is There To Say? Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges was the only collaborative small group recording ever made by these two sax giants. What Is There To Say? was one of the best efforts by Mulligan's celebrated piano-less quartet with Art Farmer. Includes 12-page booklet.
看到這張 American Jazz Classics 發行的重刻片,是含有兩張唱片 "Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges" 及 "What Is There To Say? ",前張心中想到的是 Verve 這張:
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges另外一張 Gerry Mulligan 的 What Is There To Say? ,就是 Columbia 這張:

這張較罕見了!
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Johnny Hodges And The Ellington Men - The Big Sound
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1959 album (appearing here for the first time on CD) including bonus tracks. In addition to Hodges, many important figures from the Ellington band are also featured here, including Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Billy Strayhorn and Paul Gonsalves. A complete rarely heard Hodges octet session from the same period and with very similar personnel has been added as a bonus. 16 tracks. Poll Winners. 2010.
這張也是號稱首度 CD 化,但這張也收錄在 Fresh Sound 剛發行的 Johnny Hodges and the Ellington Men 1956 - 1957 (2CD),前強尼先生"新"發片片可參考拙文
Johnny Hodges 的 Fresh Sound 新片 ,趁今天
CD Connection 有特價,跟上次提到
Roy Eldridge And Benny Carter : Urbane Jazz,也是有
特價,兩者售價不貴,兩片就連同其他張唱片一起訂了。
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最近 Fresh Sound 發行了三張 Johnny Hodges 的"新"片:
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra / Not So Dukish (2CD)
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Johnny Hodges:Four Classic Albums
http://www.avidgroup.co.uk/acatalog/info_AMSC999.html這張英國的
Avid Jazz 將於
3/8 發行的雙
CD 的唱片,收錄
Johnny Hodges 的四張專輯
CD1 : 23軌
Castle Rock :
1 ~ 13 軌
In a Mellow Tone:
14 ~ 22 軌
Perdido :
23 軌
CD2 : 18軌
Perdido:
1 ~ 6 軌
Creamy:
7 ~ 18 軌
,其中
Castle Rock "堅實堡壘
"多年前日本版已發行過外
(POCJ-2726,
12軌
),另外三張
In a Mellow Tone、
Perdido 及
Creamy 似乎皆屬初
CD 化
( mosaic 除外
),相當令我興奮,一定要弄一張來聽聽!
還很多唱片沒
CD 化,日本人怎麼不加油點其他三張都不重刻成
CD 勒?
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