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Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges in concert, Feb. 6, 1965 Background information Birth name John Cornelius Hodges Born July 25, 1906(1906-07-25) Origin Cambridge, Massachusetts Died May 11, 1970 (aged 63) Genres Swing Mainstream jazz Occupations Saxophonist Clarinetist Instruments Alto saxophone Soprano saxophone Clarinet Associated acts Duke Ellington Sidney Bechet Lucky Roberts Chick Webb Notable instruments Selmer Mark 6 John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges (July 25, 1906 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for his solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years, except the period between 1932 – 1946 when Otto Hardwick generally played first chair. Hodges was also featured on soprano saxophone, but refused to play soprano after 1946, when he also got the task of playing the lead chair.[1] Hodges started playing with Lloyd Scott, Sidney Bechet, Lucky Roberts and Chick Webb. When Ellington wanted to expand his band in 1928, Ellington's clarinet player Barney Bigard recommended Hodges, who was featured on both alto and soprano sax. His playing became one of the identifying voices of the Ellington orchestra. Hodges left the Duke to lead his own band (1951 – 1955), but returned to the large ensemble shortly before Ellington's triumphant return to prominence – the orchestra's performance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival. Biography Hodges was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was mostly self-taught, although he did take lessons on soprano saxophone with Bechet. He was one of the prominent Ellington Band members who featured in Benny Goodman's legendary 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. Goodman described Hodges as "by far the greatest man on alto sax. that I ever heard."[2] Charlie Parker called him "the Lily Pons of his instrument."[3] Ellington's practice of writing tunes specifically for members of his orchestra resulted in the Hodges specialties, "Confab with Rab", "Jeep's Blues", "Sultry Sunset", and "Hodge Podge". Other songs recorded by the Ellington Orchestra which prominently feature Hodges' smooth alto saxophone sound are "Magenta Haze", "Prelude to a Kiss", "Haupe" (from Anatomy of a Murder) – note also the "seductive" and hip-swaying “Flirtibird,” featuring the "irresistibly salacious tremor" by Hodges,[4] "The Star-Crossed Lovers" from Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder suite, "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", "Blood Count" and "Passion Flower". Generations of saxophonists turn to 1963 recording The Great Paris Concert, in which Hodges' lyrical poise is captured well, particularly on "On the Sunny Side of the Street". He had a pure tone and economy of melody on both the blues and ballads that won him admiration from musicians of all eras and styles, from Ben Webster to John Coltrane, both of whom played with him when he had his own orchestra in the 1950s, to Lawrence Welk, who featured him in an album of standards. His highly individualistic playing style, which featured the use of a wide vibrato and much sliding between slurred notes, was frequently imitated. As evidenced by the Ellington compositions named after him, he earned the nicknames Jeep[5] and Rabbit – according to Johnny Griffin because "he looked like a rabbit, no expression on his face while he's playing all this beautiful music."[6] Hodges' last performances were at the Imperial Room in Toronto, less than a week before his death from a heart attack. His last recordings are featured on The New Orleans Suite, incomplete on his death. In Ellington's eulogy of Hodges, he said, "Never the world's most highly animated showman or greatest stage personality, but a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to the eyes—this was Johnny Hodges. This is Johnny Hodges."[7] Discography 1946: Passion Flower (RCA) with Willie Cook, Roy Eldridge, Quentin Jackson, Russell Procope, Ben Webster, Sam Woodyard 1951: Caravan (Prestige Records) with Taft Jordan, Harold Baker, Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer 1951: Castle Rock 1956: Ellington at Newport 1958: Blues-A-Plenty (Verve Music Group) 1959: Side by Side (with Duke Ellington) 1959: Back to Back (with Duke Ellington) 1961: Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges 1961: Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (Verve) with Aaron Bell, Jimmy Hamilton, Cat Anderson, Eddie Mullens 1961: Johnny Hodges at Sportpalast Berlin Pablo Records) with Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Al Williams 1964: Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (Impulse! Records) 1967: Triple Play References ^ Allmusic.com ((( Johnny Hodges > Biography ))) ^ Goodman, Benny; Kolodin, Irving (1939). The Kingdom of Swing. Stackpole Sons. p. 231.  ^ Morton, John Fass (2008). Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56. Rutgers University Press. p. 31. ISBN 0813542820. http://books.google.com/books?id=MaHTQu65gzcC&lpg=PA31&dq=the%20Lily%20Pons%20of%20his%20instrument%20hodges&pg=PA31#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2 September 2010.  ^ Stryker, Mark, Music Critic, Ellington's score still celebrated, January 20, 2009[dead link] Detroit Free Press. ^ BBC Radio 3: 100 Jazz Profiles ^ "In Conversation with Johnny Griffin" by Ted Panken at Jazz.com ^ Ellington, Duke (1973). Music Is My Mistress. New York: Da Capo. p. 119. ISBN 0-306-80033-0.  v • d • e Duke Ellington Studio albums The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year · Liberian Suite · Great Times! · Masterpieces by Ellington · Ellington Uptown · The Duke Plays Ellington · Ellington ‘55 · Dance to the Duke! · Ellington Showcase · Historically Speaking · Duke Ellington Presents... · The Complete Porgy and Bess · A Drum Is a Woman · Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Black, Brown and Beige · Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque · The Cosmic Scene · Happy Reunion · Jazz Party · Back to Back · Side by Side · Anatomy of a Murder  · Festival Session · Blues in Orbit · The Nutcracker Suite · Piano in the Background · Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. · Unknown Session · Piano in the Foreground · The Great Summit: The Master Takes  · Paris Blues  · First Time! The Count Meets the Duke  · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane  · Featuring Paul Gonsalves · Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 · Midnight in Paris · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Studio Sessions, New York 1962 · Money Jungle · Afro-Bossa · The Symphonic Ellington · Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session · Studio Sessions New York 1963 · My People · Ellington '65 · Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins · Ellington '66 · Concert in the Virgin Islands  · The Popular Duke Ellington · The Far East Suite · The Jaywalker · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Second Sacred Concert · Studio Sessions New York, 1968 · Latin American Suite · The Pianist · New Orleans Suite · Orchestral Works · The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 · The Intimacy of the Blues · The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 · The Intimate Ellington · The Ellington Suites · This One's for Blanton! · Up in Duke’s Workshop · Duke's Big 4 · Mood Ellington  · Live albums The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 · Ellington at Newport · Dance Concerts, California 1958 · Dance Dates, California 1958 · Newport 1958 · Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II · Duke Ellington at the Alhambra · Live at the Blue Note · The Great Paris Concert · A Concert of Sacred Music · In the Uncommon Market · Soul Call · Yale Concert · 70th Birthday Concert · Togo Brava Suite · Live at the Whitney · Third Sacred Concert · Eastbourne Performance · Collaborations with Alice Babs: Serenade to Sweden · with Teresa Brewer: It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing  · with Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose · with Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Ella at Duke's Place, The Stockholm Concert, 1966, Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · with Frank Sinatra: Francis A. & Edward K. · Compositions "All Too Soon" · "Azure" · "Black, Brown and Beige" · "C Jam Blues" · "Cotton Tail" · "Day Dream" · "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" · "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me" · "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" · "Drop Me Off in Harlem" · "Everything But You" · "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" · "I Didn't Know About You" · "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" · "I'm Beginning to See the Light" · "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" · "In a Mellow Tone" · "In a Sentimental Mood" · "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" · "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" · "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" · "Mood Indigo" · " Prelude to a Kiss" · "Rocks in My Bed" · "(In My) Solitude" · "Sophisticated Lady" · Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington: "Take the "A" Train" · "Lush Life" · "Chelsea Bridge"  · "Something to Live For" · "Satin Doll"  · "Blood Count"  · Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington: "Caravan" · "Perdido" Orchestra members Hayes Alvis · Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Alice Babs · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Art Baron · Aaron Bell · Louie Bellson · Joe Benjamin · Barney Bigard · Lou Blackburn · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Harry Carney · Johnny Coles · Willie Cook · Buster Cooper · Kay Davis · Wild Bill Davis · Wilbur De Paris · Bobby Durham · Mercer Ellington · Rolf Ericson · Jimmy Forrest · Victor Gaskin · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Fred Guy · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Rick Henderson · Al Hibbler · Johnny Hodges · Major Holley · Quentin Jackson · Hilton Jefferson · Herb Jeffries · Freddie Jenkins · Money Johnson · Herbie Jones · Taft Jordan · Al Killian · Queen Esther Marrow · Wendell Marshall · Murray McEachern · Louis Metcalf · James "Bubber" Miley · Harold "Geezil" Minerve · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Eddie Preston · Russell Procope · Junior Raglin · Betty Roché · Ernie Royal · Al Sears · Joya Sherrill · Willie Smith · Rex Stewart · Billy Strayhorn · Billy Taylor · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Norris Turney · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Nelson Williams · Skippy Williams · Booty Wood · Jimmy Woode · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard Filmography Black and Tan (The Movie) · Belle of the Nineties · Murder at the Vanities · Cabin in the Sky · Paris Blues · Assault on a Queen · Change of Mind Related Duke Ellington Bridge · Duke Ellington House · Duke Ellington School of the Arts · Irving Mills · Sophisticated Ladies · Sacred Concerts Discography Persondata NAME Hodges, Johnny ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1906-07-25 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1970-05-11 PLACE OF DEATH