The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis featuring Kenny Burrell (CD: Mess of Blues, Lone Hill Jazz – LHJ10285)
I Let a Song Go Out of my Heart
Recorded 15 May 1963, New York City
Stolen Sweets
Recorded 4 September 1963, New York City
Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Wild Bill Davis – organ; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Osie Johnson – drums.
I’m Beginning to See the Light / Perdido / C-Jam Blues
Recorded 14 January 1966
Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Earl Hines – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Richard Davis – bass; Joe Marshall – drums.
Ellington is Forever, Volumes 1 and 2 (Fantasy Records)
Azure / Prelude to a Kiss / In a Mellotone
Recorded July/August 1976, Berkeley, CA
Kenny Burrell – guitar; Nat Adderley – cornet; Quentin Jackson – trombone; Gary Bartz – soprano sax; Jimmy Jones – piano; Monk Montgomery – bass; Philly Joe Jones – drums.
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So
Recorded November/December 1975, Berkeley, CA
Ernie Andrews – vocal; Jerome Richardson – tenor sax; Jimmy Jones – piano; KennyBurrell – guitar; Stan Gilbert – bass; Jimmie Smith – drums.
Sultry Serenade (CD: Ellington A La Carte, Muse Records – MCD 5435)
Recorded 19/20 August 1983, New York City
Kenny Burrell – guitar; Rufus Reid – bass
In a Sentimental Mood (CD: Red+Hot+Indigo, The Red Hot Organization – RHO-13IND)
Released 2001
Kenny Burrell – guitar; John Medeski – piano; Chris Wood – bass; Billy Martin – drums.
— Our closing music—-
It’s Something You Ought To Know (Paul Gonsalves – “Ellingtonia Moods and Blues,” RCA Victor / RCA63562)
Recorded 29 February 1960, New York City
Paul Gonsalves- tenor sax; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Ray Nance – cornet; Mitchell “Booty” Wood – trombone; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Hall – bass; Oliver Jackson – drums.
Ellington Reflections 