Johnny Hodges ‎– The Smooth One
Label:
Verve Records ‎– 2632 082, Verve Records ‎– 2637 377, Verve Records ‎– 2637 378
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP, Gatefold
Country:
UK
Released:
1979
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
 
Tracklist
A1    First Klass (C'Mon Home)    
A2    Second Klass    
A3    Straight Back    
A4    Steerage    
A5    Third Klass    
B1    Meet The Frog    
B2    Nite Life    
B3    My Melancholy Baby    
B4    Lotus Blossom    
B5    Free For All    
C1    I Told You So    
C2    Starting With You (I'm Through)    
C3    The Hare    
C4    The Things You Miss    
C5    Wiggle Awhile    
D1    Br'Rabbit    
D2    Get Ready    
D3    Peaches    
D4    Hygiene    
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Polydor Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Distributed By – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: C1 to D4), Ray Brown (tracks: A1 to B5)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton
Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: A1 to B5), Sam Woodyard (tracks: C1 to D4)
Guitar, Flute – Les Spann (tracks: A1 to B5)
Piano – Jimmy Jones (3)
Producer – Norman Granz
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: A1 to B5), Harold Ashby (tracks: C1 to D4)
Trombone – Mitchell "Bootie" Wood* (tracks: C1 to D4), John Sanders (tracks: A1 to B5), Lawrence Brown (tracks: C1 to D4), Quentin Jackson (tracks: A1 to B5)
Trumpet – Harold Baker, Ray Nance (tracks: C1 to D4)
Notes
Two previously unreleased sessions from 1959 and 1960.
Record manufactured and distributed in the UK by Polydor Limited
(P) 1979 Polydor Records Inc.