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In June 1962, “Verve” label released “Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin”, the 16th Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in November 1958, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Personnel:
- Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
- Horst Jankowski – piano
- Russ Garcia – string arrangements
- Wolfram Röhrig – conductror
- Sheldon Marks – art direction
- Bill Rotsler – photography
- Lawrence D. Stewart – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by George and Ira Gershwin, except where noted.
- Love Is Here to Stay
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- ‘S Wonderful
- Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
- Soon
- But Not for Me
- Somebody Loves Me – George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me
- Someone to Watch over Me
- The Man I Love
- Oh, Lady Be Good!
- They All Laughed