''The Big Sound'' is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist

Johnny Hodges Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on soprano ...

featuring performances with members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: 8200 series
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Reception

The

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review by Bob Rusch stated: "While it was not an Ellington record, the band brought its solid qualities in backing and the occasional solo to all the fine Hodges features. This was an integrated unit, not some detached studio band for Hodges to blow over, under, around, and through. It was wonderful Hodges and fine Ellington".

Track listing

''All compositions by Johnny Hodges, except as indicated.'' # "Don't Call Me, I'll Call You" (Cat Anderson) - 3:28 # "An Ordinary Thing" (Anderson) - 3:20 # "Waiting for Duke" (Anderson) - 3:58 # "Dust Bowl" - 4:26 # "Little Rabbit Blues" - 9:26 # "Viscount" (Hodges,

Mercer Ellington Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band Mercer led for 20 years after his father's death. Biography Early life and education Ellin ...

) - 2:30 # "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) - 2:27 # "Bouquet of Roses" (Hodges, Mercer Ellington) - 3:23 # "Gone and Crazy" - 3:14 # "Digits" (Clark Terry) - 4:18 # "Segdoh" - 3:28 # "Early Morning Rock" - 3:34

Personnel

- alto saxophone * Cat Anderson (tracks 1-4),

Shorty Baker Harold "Shorty" Baker (May 26, 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, US – November 8, 1966) was an American jazz trumpeter. Baker began on drums, but switched to trumpet during his teens. He started his career on riverboats and played with Don Redman i ...

(tracks 1-4, 6, 8, 10 & 12), Willie Cook (tracks 1-4), Clark Terry -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Ray Nance - trumpet,

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

* Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (tracks 1-5, 7, 9 & 11) -

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

Jimmy Hamilton Jimmy Hamilton (May 25, 1917 – September 20, 1994) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, who was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Biography Hamilton was born in Dillon, South Carolina, United States, and grew up in ...

- clarinet,

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet * Paul Gonsalves -

(tracks 1-4) * Harry Carney - baritone saxophone * Billy Strayhorn -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Jimmy Woode James Bryant Woode (September 23, 1926 – April 23, 2005) was an American jazz bassist. He played and/or recorded in bands with Flip Phillips, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Nat Pierce, Sidney ...

- bass *

Sam Woodyard Sam Woodyard (January 7, 1925 – September 20, 1988) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Woodyard was largely an autodidact on drums and played locally in the Newark, New Jersey area in the 1940 ...

- drums

References

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