JOHNNY HODGES "Ellingtonia 56" Jazz LP Norgran MG N-1055 US Mono Deep Groove NM-

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JOHNNY HODGES "Ellingtonia 56" US Deep Groove MONO Pressing LP on NORGRAN Records MG N-1055

Super RARE LP - Yellow Labels with Black Trumpet LOGO - Thick Heavy Disc

Vinyl is VG++/NM with NICE gloss, looks un-played but there's some visible scuffs in bright light probably from the lack of an inner sleeve, occasional audible surface noise ONLY in between tracks, SUPER clean Yellow Trumpet labels w/no spindle marks, comes with white paper inner sleeve which is not original, I think these came with the thin rice paper sleeves that often fell apart or were discarded.
Jacket is graded NM - GLOSSY with VERY faint signs of discoloration from age on the back, NO seam splits, NO edge wear, NO bumped corners or damage, cleanest jacket you'll ever find!  Not everybody agrees about how to grade LP's so PLEASE look at the pics closely, they are detailed and accurate.  

Years ago I acquired a bunch of LP's on the Clef and Norgran labels. They all came from a man who worked at the label in the 1950's, I would assume he was given one copy of everything that was released while he worked there as he had quite a few. He was not a Jazz dude at all and I don't think he ever played any of these records, this LP came from that batch. Please check out my other auctions for more from this same lot.

Players: JOHNNY HODGES with Billy Strayhorn, Ray Nance, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard.

Tracklist: Hi'Ya / Snibor / Texas Blues /  The Happy One / Duke's Jam / Night Walk / You Got It Coming

 Review from the NET: "If you love Ellington then you will love Ellingtonia ’56; even if Ellington is not your thing there is no denying the great music to be heard on this album of Ellington alumni headed by Johnny Hodges. Side 1 of the original album feature a cut down band, while the second side is the full-blowing Ellington orchestra, minus the Duke – just check out Duke’s Jam with the fill blowing sax sec ion of Paul Gonsalves, Russell Procope, Harry Carney and of course Hodges himself. The album is everything you would expect from Johnny Hodges whose eloquent alto saxophone oozes elegance and sophistication.  Naturally it swings like mad and if you have any doubts as to how hard then just listen to ‘The Happy One’. Texas Blues on side one is a one take 12 minute jam, it’s Billy Strayhorn at the piano, and like everything else on the album sounds just as fresh and vibrant today as when it was first recorded. On the original Verve LP it says on the cover, ‘Under the personal supervision of Norman Granz’. You just know he would have loved being in the studio when they recorded this, it’s as close a having Ellington on the JATP as he ever got. It was recorded over two days in January 1956 – wouldn’t you have loved to have been there?"

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