Don't Sleep in the Subway (album) explained

Don't Sleep in the Subway
Type:	Album
Artist:	Johnny Hodges
Cover:	Don't Sleep in the Subway (album).jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	August 17, 18 & 21, 1967 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Verve V/V6 8732
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Johnny Hodges
Prev Title:	Triple Play
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Swing's Our Thing
Next Year:	1967

Don't Sleep in the Subway is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances with a big band recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "The orchestrations are uneven, but Johnny Hodges is uniformly sharp".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

1. "Don't Sleep in the Subway" (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent) - 3:20
2. "The Wonder of You" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Don George) - 2:44
3. "Serenade in Blue" (Frank Signorelli, Mitchell Parish) - 3:08
4. "Everytime She Walks" (Jimmy Jones) - 3:47
5. "Wisteria" (Jones, Ellington) - 2:47
6. "Heel Kickin'" - 3:38
7. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) - 2:51
8. "Some Fun" - 3:40
9. "Eydie-Dee Dee" - 4:27

Personnel

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Ernie Royal, Snooky Young - trumpet
• Bill Berry - trumpet, vibraphone
• Tony Studd - bass trombone
• Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Danny Bank - baritone saxophone, clarinet
• Hank Jones - piano
• Everett Barksdale - guitar
• Milt Hinton - double bass
• Grady Tate - drums
• Jimmy Jones - arranger, conductor

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8700-series/#v-v6-8726 Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series
2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/verve.pdf Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels