Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges: Back To Back LP (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) etjs-66.3 Say You're Mine

Say You're Mine

A1: Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)

and still a lot of great things were happening to me

Byrd In Hand

Andrew Craig -piano

Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges: Back To Back LP (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) etjs-66.3 Say You're MineVerve, 1959 Several times in his career star alto saxophone soloist Johnny Hodges struck out on his own, only to return each time to Duke Ellington's band. Critic Michael Ullman suggested that the blues classics chosen for this program may have been neutral ground, where Ellington's playing could come to the fore & Hodges' irrepressible sensuality could have free rein. This is one of the very best small group records Ellington ever made a perfectly