Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges, released on Impulse! Records in 1964.

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos wrote: "It would be difficult to pick a favorite or a clunker, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anything more inspired or another project loaded with this much talent. Everybody knows Johnny Hodges and this stellar collection of all-stars, because they are absolutely the best at what they do."

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full 4 stars, calling it "essential."

Track listing "Everybody Knows" (Johnny Hodges) – 7:25 "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:04 "Papa Knows" (J. Hodges) – 6:52 "310 Blues" (Strayhorn) – 4:34 "The Jeep is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington, Hodges, Strayhorn) – 2:45 "Main Stem" (Ellington) – 3:28 "Medley: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond, Bob Russell – 4:44 "Open Mike" (Cat Anderson) – 3:09

The CD version adds 8 bonus tracks, consisting of the entire album Inspired/Abandon by Lawrence Brown's All-Stars feat. Johnny Hodges: "Stompy Jones" (Ellington) – 4:00 "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills) – 4:25 "Good Queen Bess" (J. Hodges) – 3:07 "Little Brother" (J. Hodges, Cue Hodges) – 5:43 "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, J. Hodges) – 5:43 "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Russell) – 2:34 "Ruint" (Ellington, J. Hodges) – 3:21 "Sassy Cue" (J. Hodges, C. Hodges) – 3:42

Personnel Performance

Johnny Hodges – alto sax Cat Anderson – trumpet Harold Ashby – tenor sax Lawrence Brown – trombone Harry Carney – baritone sax Buster Cooper – trombone Richard Davis – bass Rolf Ericson – trumpet Paul Gonsalves – tenor sax Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor sax

Johnny Hodges, Jr. – drums Gus Johnson – drums Herb Jones – trumpet Osvaldo Berlingieri – piano Ray Nance – trumpet, violin, vocals Russell Procope – clarinet, alto sax Ernie Shepard – bass Grady Tate – drums Britt Woodman – trombone

Production

Cue Hodges – composer Billy Strayhorn – composer Bob Thiele – original session producer Doreen Kalcich – assistant producer Bob Simpson – engineer Rudy Van Gelder – engineer Joseph Doughney – post-production Michael Landy – post-production Adam Zelinka – post-production Michael Pollard – production coordination Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer Erick Labson – digital remastering

Dave Grusin – executive producer Larry Rosen – executive producer Stanley Dance – liner notes Frank Driggs – photography Charles Stewart – photography Emili Bogin – graphic design David Gibb – graphic design Scott Johnson – graphic design Andy Ruggirello – graphic design Dan Serrano – graphic design Andy Baltimore – creative director

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