The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions
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Art Hodes spent decades as one of the last living bridges to early jazz piano—a musician equally at home with stride technique, blues feeling, and the rollicking spirit of New Orleans hot jazz. These Blue Note sessions capture him in his element, leading small groups through standards and obscure corners of the jazz repertoire with the kind of unhurried authority that comes from playing this music since the 1920s. You'll hear him dig into Jelly Roll Morton's "Maple Leaf Rag" and lesser-known blues vehicles like "Yellow Dog Blues," his touch precise but never precious, always swinging. The alternate takes reveal how organically these sessions unfolded—different approaches to the same tunes, each one finding something worth saying. This Mosaic compilation gathers those recordings into a definitive portrait of a pianist who treated every session like a conversation between old friends, never chasing fashion, just making honest jazz.
Item Details+
| Genre | Jazz |
| Style | Dixieland, Swing, Ragtime |
| Media | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Sleeve | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Description | Insert included. Record 4 is EX. All others NM. Box is EX. Carefully packed andamp;amp;amp; shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping! |
| Label | Mosaic Records (2) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Country | US |
| Format | LP |
Tracklist+
A1. Maple Leaf Rag
A2. Maple Leaf Rag (Alt)
A3. She's Crying For Me
A4. Yellow Dog Blues
A5. Slow 'Em Down Blues (Alt)
A6. Slow 'Em Down Blues
A7. Doctor Jazz
B1. Shoe Shiner's Drag
B2. There'll Be Some Changes Made (Alt)
B3. There'll Be Some Changes Made
B4. Clark And Randolph
B5. M.K. Blues
B6. M.K. Blues (Alt)
B7. Low Down Blues
B8. Jug Head Boogie (Alt #1)
C1. Jug Head Boogie
C2. Jug Head Boogie (Alt #2)
C3. S.C.H. Blues
C4. Back Room Blues
C5. Sweet Georgia Brown
C6. Squeeze Me
C7. Squeeze Me (Alt)
D1. Sugar Foot Stomp (Alt)
D2. Sugar Foot Stomp
D3. Bugle Call Rag (Alt #1)
D4. Bugle Call Rag
D5. Bugle Call Rag (Alt #2)
D6. Gut Bucket Blues
E1. Apex Blues
E2. Shake That Thing (Alt)
E3. Shake That Thing
E4. Indiana
E5. Nobody's Sweetheart
E6. Nobody's Sweetheart (Alt)
F1. KMH Drag
F2. Funny Feathers
F3. Blues 'N Booze
F4. That Eccentric Rag (Alt)
F5. That Eccentric Rag
F6. Chicago Gal
F7. I Never Knew Just What A Gal Could Do
G1. Mr. Jelly Lord
G2. At The Jazz Band Ball
G3. Wolverine Blues
G4. Milenberg Joys
G5. Walk On Down
G6. Willie The Weeper
G7. Willie The Weeper (Alt)
G8. Bujie
H1. None Of My Jelly Roll (#1)
H2. Blues For Jelly (Alt #1)
H3. Blues For Jelly (Alt #2)
H4. Blues For Jelly
H5. Beale Street Blues
H6. Jack Daily Blues
H7. None Of My Jelly Roll (#2)
I1. Save It Pretty Mama
I2. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
I3. Memphis Blues
I4. Shine
I5. St. James Infirmary
I6. Darktown Strutters' Ball
I7. Darktown Strutters' Ball (Alt)
J1. Feelin' At East
J2. Careless Love (78 Tk)
J3. High Society (Alt)
J4. High Society
J5. Winin' Boy Blues
J6. Careless Love (Alt)
J7. Careless Love (LP Tk)
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