Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - Vocalion 4941 (1939)

Johnny Hodges is, hands down, my favorite figure in all of jazz.

Cootie Williams t / Lawrence Brown tb / Johnny Hodges as / Harry Carney bar / Duke Ellington p / Billy Taylor sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on March 21 & June 2, 1939.