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Royal Garden Blues by Owen Broder

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Album Title: Hodges Front and Center Vol 1
Outside In Records
Released: 2022

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Royal Garden Blues is the opening track from Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 1, the new album by saxophonist Owen Broder. As influential as he’s been on the history of the jazz saxophone, Johnny Hodges is usually discussed wholly in light of his key role in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. On his second release as a leader, Broder shifts the spotlight to focus more intently on the legendary altoist. With Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 1, Broder and his gifted quintet explore nine compositions associated with the Rabbit (the nickname that Hodges earned early in his career and the source of several conflicting stories), culling pieces both from the Ellington repertoire as well as from the saxophonist’s often overlooked catalogue of small group albums.

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November 4, 2022

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