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Johnny Hodges: Jeep's Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 16, 09"Jeep" was the second of the nicknames Johnny Hodges had acquired ("Rabbit" being the first, from his youth). This wa...
Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: Blue Hodge (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 26, 07Tenorists Al Cohn and Zoot Sims played together as members of Woody Herman’s famous Second Herd and later continued t...
Johnny Hodges: Don't Sleep in the Subway (Rating: 70/100) posted in Music November 05, 07"Everybody knows Johnny Hodges," went Duke Ellington's standard introduction. By the mid-'60s, it was no longer true....
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Johnny Hodges: You Need To Rock (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 22, 08Given its title and 1958 vintage, "You Need To Rock" might figure as an attempt by Swing Era stalwarts— all, except R...
Johnny Hodges: Prelude to a Kiss (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 03, 07Two weeks after recording "Prelude to a Kiss" under Ellington's aegis, Johnny Hodges switched from soprano to alto sa...
Johnny Hodges: 310 Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 17, 09This tune was specially written for this recording session by Duke Ellington's composing partner and musical soul mat...
Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 17, 09The main theme of this tune is one of those catchy ones that keep doing instant replays in your head; it is played wi...
Johnny Hodges: Medley – I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Any More (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 17, 09This medley of two Ellington classics is a real delight of superb jazz playing. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart...
The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington: Diga Diga Doo (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 09, 09This song, written for the significant early black musical Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928, is best characterized as ...
Duke Ellington: The Blues With a Feelin' (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 15, 09"The Blues With a Feelin'" is an apt title for this track. With the Ellington band's usual fine backing, there are su...
Duke Ellington (featuring Al Hibbler): Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 16, 09As most Ellington fans know, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was the pop song version of Duke's 1940 instrumental "Ne...
Duke Ellington: Warm Valley (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 16, 09This track is a prime example of Ellington writing for the nature and musical strengths of one of his great soloists....
Duke Ellington: Beggar's Blues (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 15, 09The elegant Duke Ellington band is a rather surprising source for a track titled "Beggar's Blues." Yet with this tune...
Duke Ellington: Things Ain't What They Used To Be (1941) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 16, 09This song was written by Duke's son, Mercer, and features the great Johnny Hodges as the lead guy for a small gr...
Duke Ellington: Isfahan (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 16, 09One of the last collaborations of Ellington and his musical soul mate Billy Strayhorn, this track was part of the maj...
Duke Ellington: Limehouse Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 15, 09"Limehouse Blues" is not a blues, but it was inspired by the London neighborhood. When Duke Ellington recorded the so...
Lonnie Johnson with Duke Ellington: Move Over (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 09, 09This track was the second recording on which Lonnie Johnson joined Duke's band, adding a virtuoso guitar part. The ba...
Duke Ellington: Passion Flower (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 16, 09This was the first recording of "Passion Flower," performed by an Ellington small group nominally led by Johnny Hodge...
Duke Ellington: Never No Lament (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 09I wonder how Duke Ellington reacted when he was asked to turn his instrumental "Never No Lament" into the pop song "D...
Duke Ellington: Blood Count (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07Billy Strayhorn wrote or co-composed with Duke Ellington some of the best-loved pieces in the Ellington band’s repert...
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