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Respect the Rabbit! (Owen Broder Interview)

By Patrick Burnette | Jazz Bastard
April 4, 2024
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For some fans, the story of jazz saxophone begins with John Coltrane. This episode, the boys interview Owen Broder, who gives propers to Coltrane's old boss, Johnny Hodges. Mainstay of the Duke Ellington band and lover of lettuce and tomato sandwiches, the Rabbit (as he was known) possessed the most sumptuous sound ever heard from an alto saxophone and knew every microtone of the territory between each note of the scale. Owen talks about his Hodges Front and Center duology, other projects in the pipeline and his influences on alto and baritone sax among other topics in this interview.

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Getting to know Owen Broder 1:30
Discussion of Owen Broder's album Hodges: Front and Center Vol 2 (Outside in 17:53

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