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 |
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:54 | |||
Label | Verve MGV 8314 | |||
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Allmusic |
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