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Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin

Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin
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Studio album by Johnny Hodges
Released June 1962
Recorded November 18, 1958
Stuttgart, West Germany
Genre Jazz
Length 34:54
Label Verve MGV 8314
Johnny Hodges chronology
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Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin
(1958)
Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues
(1959)Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues1959
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Allmusic 3.5/5 stars

Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin is an album by saxophonist Johnny Hodges accompanied by an orchestra performing Gershwin tunes recorded in Stuttgart in 1958 for the Verve label.

The Allmusic review gave the album 3½ stars out of five, commenting "All of these performances, like most of the music in the latter day Johnny Hodges discography, combine the elegant tonal ligatures of swing and cool".

All compositions by George and Ira Gershwin except as indicated


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