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Johnny Hodges: Second Set
by David Rickert
Johnny Hodges Second Set Avid Records 2011 Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges left Duke Ellington's band in 1951 feeling underappreciated and underpaid and convinced that he would have better luck on his own. Unfortunately he was never able to turn his considerable artistry into a lucrative career, and was back with ...
Delfeayo Marsalis: Sweet Thunder
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Was Delfeayo Marsalis undertaking a task too challenging when he recorded music from one of Duke Ellington's most beloved albums to make Sweet Thunder? Gunther Schuller offers a doctrine that seems to suggest this has been so. Apparently the size and composition of the ensemble lead to this mishap. Would it have been remiss, to replicate ...
Duke Ellington Tames The Savage Beasts: Lions and Tigers and Bears (and Gazelles!)
by Dan Bilawsky
I begin this edition of Old, New, Borrowed and Blue with a confession. I have an unabashed love for the music of Duke Ellington. From his brilliantly scored compositions, to the singular instrumental personalities in his band(s)--with Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton and Johnny Hodges ranking at the top of my list--Ellington seems to transcend the “big band" ...
Jimmy Hamilton: Can't Help Swingin'
by AAJ Staff
“Jimmy Hamilton is hardly as well known as he deserves to be.” I didn’t say that (Stanley Dance did, in 1961) but I agree. While he gained recognition with Clarinet Summit in the ‘Eighties, and served long with Duke Ellington (1943-68), he is still less known than Barney Bigard, the man he replaced. He rarely led ...
Southern Bells
Label: Black Saint
Released: 1987
Track listing: Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Fluffy's Blues; I Want To Talk About You; Beat Box; Southern Bells; Perdido; Mbizo;
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