Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra
Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on soprano saxophone, but refused to play soprano after 1940. Along with Benny Carter, Hodges is considered to be one of the definitive alto saxophone players of the big band era. After beginning his career as a teenager in Boston, Hodges began to travel to New York and played with Lloyd Scott, Sidney Bechet, Luckey Roberts and Chick Webb. When Ellington wanted to expand his band in 1928, Ellington's clarinet player Barney Bigard recommended Hodges. His playing became one of the identifying voices of the Ellington orchestra. From 1951 to 1955, Hodges left the Duke to lead his own band, but returned shortly before Ellington's triumphant return to prominence – the orchestra's performance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival.
Genre: jazz, cool-jazz, big-band, swing-music
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Top Tracks
- Good Queen Bess
- Ruint
- Going Out The Back Way
- Junior Hop
- You Need to Rock
- Big Shoe
- I Didn't Know About You
- Bend One
- Just a Memory
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- Let's Fall in Love
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Swingin On the Campus
- That's The Blues, Old Man - Remastered - 1995
- Day Dream - Remastered - 1995
- Sophisticated Lady
- Satin Doll
- Wham
- Pyramid
- Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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