music.wikisort.org - CompositionUsed to Be Duke is a studio album by Johnny Hodges, accompanied by members of Duke Ellington's orchestra, released by Norgran Records in October 1956.[1][2]
1956 studio album by Johnny Hodges
Used to Be Duke |
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Released | October 1956 (1956-10)[1] |
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Recorded | 2 July and 5 August 1954 |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 38:21 |
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Label | Norgran - MGM 1060 |
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Producer | Norman Granz |
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Reception
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |     [2] |
Scott Yanow on AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, commenting "Hodges had a particularly strong group. High points include 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', the title track and a seven-song ballad medley."[2]
Track listing
- "Used to Be Duke" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:24
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:59
- "Sweet as Bear Meat" (Hodges) - 3:22
- "Madam Butterfly" (Jimmy Hamilton, Hodges) - 3:17
- "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington) - 3:24
- Ballad medley: "Autumn In New York"/"Sweet Lorraine"/"Time On My Hands"/"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"/"If You Were Mine"/"Poor Butterfly" (Vernon Duke)/(Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish)/(Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon)/(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)/(Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer)/(Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 17:55
Personnel
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Shorty Baker - trumpet
- Lawrence Brown - trombone
- Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6)
- John Coltrane - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
- Call Cobbs Jr. (tracks 1-5), Richie Powell (track 6) - piano
- John "Buddy" Williams - double bass
- Louie Bellson - drums
References
Johnny Hodges |
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader |
- Castle Rock (1951–52)
- In a Tender Mood (1951–52)
- The Blues (1952–54)
- Used to Be Duke (1954)
- Creamy (1955)
- Duke's in Bed (1956)
- Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
- The Big Sound (1957)
- Blues A-Plenty (1958)
- Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958)
- Not So Dukish (1958)
- Side by Side (and Duke Ellington, 1958–59)
- Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
- Blue Hodge (1961)
- Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961)
- Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963–64)
- Sandy's Gone (1963)
- Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963)
- Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65)
- Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66)
- Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66)
- Inspired Abandon (and Lawrence Brown, 1965)
- Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
- Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
- Blue Notes (1966)
- Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966)
- Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966)
- Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
- Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967)
- Triple Play (1967)
- Rippin' & Runnin' (1968)
- 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
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Duke Ellington discography |
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