Artist: Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson
Title: 3 Shades of Blue
Label: Flying Dutchman - FDS-120
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Jazz, Blues
Style: Big Band, Contemporary Jazz, Post Bop
Songs:
A1 Empty Ballroom Blues [4:38]
A2 Duke's Place [2:33]
A3 Echoes Of Harlem [4:00]
A4 Disillusion Blues [3:55]
A5 Yearning [5:15]
B1 Welcome To New York [4:06]
B2 Black, Brown And Beautiful [3:47]
B3 Rockin' In Rhythm [3:23]
B4 Creole Love Call [4:53]
B5 It's Glory [2:51]
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Arranged By, Conductor – Oliver Nelson
Bass – Ron Carter
Design – Bob Flynn
Drums – Grady Tate
Engineer – Bob Simpson
Guitar – David Spinozza
Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
Photography By – Jim Parslow
Piano – Earl Hines, Hank Jones
Producer – Bob Thiele
Saxophone – Danny Bank, Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Joe Farrell, Bob Ashton
Trombone – Al Grey, Garnett Brown, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker
Notes:
Original first pressing.
This album was recorded in New York City, March 17 and 19, 1970 and the liner notes by Nat Hentoff were written before the untimely death of Johnny Hodges on May 11, 1970.
Distributed By – Mainstream Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Distributed By – Mainstream Records, Inc.
Record Company – Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd.
Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson (1970) 3 Shades of Blue
