Inspired Abandon Explained

Inspired Abandon
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lawrence Brown with Johnny Hodges
Cover:	Inspired Abandon.jpg
Released:	1965
Recorded:	March 8, 1965
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	31:48
Label:	Impulse!
Chronology:	Lawrence Brown
Prev Title:	Slide Trombone featuring Lawrence Brown
Prev Year:	1955

Inspired Abandon is an album by American jazz trombonist Lawrence Brown with Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1965 for the Impulse! label.^[1] The album was rereleased on CD as bonus tracks on the American CD reissue of Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

1. "Stompy Jones" (Duke Ellington) - 3:57
2. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard) - 4:22
3. "Good Queen Bess" - 3:05
4. "Little Brother" - 5:14
5. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Hodges) - 5:40
6. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (Ellington) - 2:33
7. "Ruint" (Ellington, Hodges) - 3:18
8. "Sassy Cue" - 3:39

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 8, 1965

Personnel

• Lawrence Brown – trombone
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Ray Nance - cornet
• Cat Anderson - trumpet (tracks 1 & 3-8)
• Buster Cooper - trombone (tracks 1 & 3-8)
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet (tracks 1 & 3-8)
• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3-8)
  • Jimmy Jones - piano Richard Davis – bass
• Gus Johnson (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8), Johnny Hodges Jr. (tracks 2 & 4) – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-89 Impulse! Records discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/inspired-abandon-r135888 Allmusic Review