Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges

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

 * 1) "Everybody Knows" (Johnny Hodges) – 7:25
 * 2) "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:04
 * 3) "Papa Knows" (J. Hodges) – 6:52
 * 4) "310 Blues" (Strayhorn) – 4:34
 * 5) "The Jeep is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington, Hodges, Strayhorn) – 2:45
 * 6) "Main Stem" (Ellington) – 3:28
 * 7) "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
 * 8) "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:
 * 1) "Stompy Jones" (Ellington) – 4:00
 * 2) "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills) – 4:25
 * 3) "Good Queen Bess" (J. Hodges) – 3:07
 * 4) "Little Brother" (J. Hodges, Cue Hodges) – 5:43
 * 5) "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, J. Hodges) – 5:43
 * 6) "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Russell) – 2:34
 * 7) "Ruint" (Ellington, J. Hodges) – 3:21
 * 8) "Sassy Cue" (J. Hodges, C. Hodges) – 3:42

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
 * Jimmy Jones – 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