Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin explained

Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin
Type:	studio
Artist:	Johnny Hodges
Cover:	Johnny_Hodges_and_His_Strings_Play_the_Prettiest_Gershwin.jpg
Released:	June 1962
Recorded:	November 18, 1958 Stuttgart, West Germany
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:54
Label:	Verve MGV 8314
Prev Title:	Not So Dukish
Prev Year:	1958
Next Year:	1959

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.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The AllMusic reviewer commented: "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".

Track listing

All compositions by George and Ira Gershwin, except as indicated.

1. "Love Is Here to Stay" - 2:44
2. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - 3:13
3. "'S Wonderful" - 2:51
4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:59
5. "Soon" - 2:58
6. "But Not for Me" - 2:43
7. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) - 2:31
8. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - 3:16
9. "Someone to Watch over Me" - 3:14
10. "The Man I Love" - 2:57
11. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" - 2:38
12. "They All Laughed" - 2:50

Personnel

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Horst Jankowski - piano
• Unidentified string section arranged by Russ Garcia and conducted by Wolfram Röhrig

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8300-series/#mgv-8314 Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series
2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/verve.pdf Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels