The Jeep Is Jumpin '

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The Jeep Is Jumpin ' is a jazz composition written by Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges and published in 1938.

The Jeep Is Jumpin ' was an up-tempo " Things Ain't What They Used to Be " style, at a lively pace associated with Hodges' style of play; the title of the piece refers to Hodges' nickname Jeep . According to Helen Oakley Dance , the composition was mainly composed by Johnny Hodges, while Ellington was responsible for converting the composition into a big band version.

Johnny Hodges (right) and Lawrence Brown. Image from the late 1930s by William P. Gottlieb

In addition to his work in the Duke Ellington Orchestra , Johnny Hodges recorded in sessions with small groups for Vocalion and Variety under his own name; in New York on August 24, 1938 he played with Cootie Williams (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Harry Carney (baritone saxophone), Duke Ellington (piano), Billy Taylor, Sr. (bass) and Sonny Greer (drums) The Jeep Is Jumpin ' One; the title then appeared as the B-side of the shellac record " Prelude to a Kiss " ( Vocalion 4386; with Mary McHugh , vocals). Duke Ellington first introduced him in 1945 on the Treasury Show , which was broadcast on the ABC radio station; Hodges played the track again in 1951 in a septet line-up for Norgran Records (# EPN27). In the following years both Ellington and Johnny Hodges had the title in their repertoire; from 1944 onwards Charlie Barnet , Woody Herman Bill De Arango , Louie Bellson and Hazel Scott ( Piano Moods , 1955) recorded the title in the United States , from 1942 in Europe also Bent Fabricius-Bjerres orkester, Børge Roger Henrichsen , Fatty George , Guy Lafitte , Gosta Turner and Ben Webster & Arnvid Meyer .

The discographer Tom Lord lists around a hundred recordings of the title, which Earl Hines , Mary Lou Williams , Kenny Burrell , Arne Domnérus , Ray Anderson / Craig Harris and Zoot Sims also covered in later years .

Web links

  • Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 353056499

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Basic information at Jazzstandards.com
  2. ^ Billboard, Nov. 17, 1958, p. 61
  3. ↑ a b The Duke's Men Vol. 2 1938-39. Liner Notes by Helen Oakley Dance .
  4. ↑ with Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Al Sears (ts), Leroy Lovett (p), Lloyd Trotman (kb), Sonny Greer (dr).
  5. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 12, 2017)