Latest Release
- 15 MAY 2023
- 20 Songs
- Not So Dukish · 1958
- Golden Hits · 1959
- Golden Hits · 1957
- Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges: The Complete 1960 Sextet Jazz Cellar Session · 2011
- Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges: The Complete 1960 Sextet Jazz Cellar Session · 2011
- Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges - Blow Your Fuse! · 2011
- Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges - Blow Your Fuse! · 2011
- BD Music Presents: My Funny Valentine · 1990
- Gerry Mulligan meets Johnny Hodges · 1959
- Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra · 1961
- 2019
Artist Playlists
- The saxophonist had a miraculously warm and sensual tone.
- His bands embodied collective power and distinctive soloists.
Live Albums
Appears On
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges & Paul Gonzalves
About Johnny Hodges
One of the giants of the alto saxophone, Johnny Hodges was perhaps the most important soloist and sideman in Duke Ellington's orchestra from 1928 up to Hodges's death in 1970. The self-taught player made many solo forays during his long career--one of his '50s outfits included a young John Coltrane--but history remembers Hodges for his virtuosic sidemanship, particularly his sensitive rendering of ballads.
- HOMETOWN
- Cambridge, MA, United States
- BORN
- 25. Juli 1907
- GENRE
- Jazz