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Title information

Big Shoe

Johnny Hodges

Side By Side

Date of recording

14.8.1958, New York City

Audio sample

Performers

Johnny Hodges (Soloist) (alto sax)

25.7.1906Cambridge, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 12.5.1970New York City, New York (NY), United States

Ben Webster (Soloist) (tenor sax)

27.3.1909Kansas City, Missouri (MO), United States

† 20.9.1973Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Roy Eldridge (Soloist) (trumpet)

30.1.1911Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 26.2.1989Valley Stream, New York (NY), United States

Lawrence Brown (Soloist) (Trombone)

3.8.1907Lawrence, Kansas (KS), United States

† 5.9.1988Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Billy Strayhorn (Soloist) (piano)

19.11.1915Dayton, Ohio (OH), United States

† 31.5.1967New York City, New York (NY), United States

Wendell Marshall (Soloist) (Double Bass)

24.10.1920St. Louis, Missouri (MO), United States

† 6.2.2002St. Louis, Missouri (MO), United States

Jo Jones (Soloist) (drums)

7.10.1911Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 3.9.1985New York City, New York (NY), United States

Authors

Jimmy Hamilton (Composer)

25.5.1917Dillon, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 20.9.1994St. Croix, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Album information

Side By Side

Johnny Hodges

Side By Side

Year of production

1986

Record Label

Verve

Tracks

  • 1. Stompy Jones
  • 2. Squeeze Me
  • 3. Big Shoe
  • 4. Going Up
  • 5. Just A Memory
  • 6. Let's Fall In Love
  • 7. Ruint
  • 8. Bend One
  • 9. You Need To Rock