| Notes: | Bluebird: 07863-66616-2 (in bold print on container: 66616-2).
Principally jazz instrumentals; track 16 with a singer.
Compact disc.
Analog recordings.
Program notes by Orrin Keepnews and Loren Schoenberg and discographic information ([16] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Johnny Hodges, saxophone ; other musicians include Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Jimmie Blanton, Billy Strayhorn, Cootie Williams, and Barney Bigard. Vocalist on track 16, Ivie Anderson.
Recorded in Chicago, on Nov. 2, 1940 (tracks 1-5), on Jan. 21, 1942 (track 18), and on July 28, 1942 (track 19); in Hollywood, on July 3, 1941 (tracks 6-9), on May 4, 1940 (tracks 10-13), on June 5, 1941 (track 15), on June 26, 1941 (track 16), on July 2, 1941 (track 17), and on July 9, 1946 (track 22); and in New York on Dec. 12, 1944 (tracks 20-21).
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