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Duke Ellington With Johnny Hodges - Side by Side Audio CD

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Duke Ellington With Johnny Hodges Band: Duke Ellington With Johnny Hodges
Title: Side by Side
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Release Date: 1999-03-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Stompy Jones 2: Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) 3: Big Shoe 4: Going Up 5: Just a Memory 6: Let's Fall in Love 7: Ruint 8: Bend One 9: You Need to Rock

Johnny and the Duke
Please take note that Duke is only on a couple of tracks. This is a wonderful small group session. The other tracks have the4 wonderful Billy Strayhorn on piano. What a steal; grab one quick.


A superb effort
My late father, who spent the better part of two decades as an off-and-on professional jazz musician, considered this album, along with its companion album "Back to Back," one of the mainstays of his jazz collection. I've been hearing this album since it came out in 1959.

There isn't a whole lot I can add to what has been already said. Every artist on this album is stellar, but a few bear additional mention: Ellington showcases one of his best performances as a pianist here. While some might fault his technical skill (though I can't see why), no pianist before or since had the same way of attacking a chord as Duke. He was also great at swinging, and could "comp" other soloists just about as well as anyone.

Johnny Hodges--what you can one say? Probably in the top 5 jazz saxophonists of all time, he shines here. He had a beautiful tone, but could swing with the best. Here he is most delightful doing what he did best--delivering swinging solos on a couple of nice ballads. As an example, "Just a Memory" showcases Hodges, along with his tenor-playing lion of a counterpart, Ben Webster.

Two great trumpeters grace this album--Roy Eldridge, the underrated trumpeter best known for his vocal and trumpet duet with Anita O'Day on "Let Me Off Uptown"; and Harry "Sweets" Edison, whose trademark was never playing two notes when one would do--and still outswinging just about any other trumpeter of his era.

As another said, this album is a "jazz essential. " Like they say, if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. If this album doesn't tell you what it is, you'll never figure it out. This album says it all.


Side By Side
Classic Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges working together, side by side to create their unique and full bodied sound.


Bury Me With This CD
EVER! I bought this for my bro who intro'd me to jazz and I was floored when he said he didn't have this one. This is hands down one of the best, smoothest, swingingest cds you'll ever buy. Dude, this is ESSENTIAL. A must have. Again, this is another cd you can play at anytime: driving kids to little league, baking a pie, jumping out airplanes, negotiating world peace, in time out, studying, eating flapjacks - kid, you can't go wrong here - put your money down and enjoy the life you are about to have with this music in it, 'cause baby the old one without this, just wasn't worth it.


Just A Memory
The techniques used by these men on this recording; Swinging with a blues sensibility and without force, and a master control of dynamics; are a lost art in, not only most of jazz today, but all music. It's hard to imagine that only 40 or so years ago, muscians like Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Edison, Ben Webster, Jo Jones, Billy Strayhorn, Roy Eldridge and Duke Ellington still exsited. It is a treat to hear these musicians in these small group context. .


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