Latest Release
- 15 MAY 2023
- 20 Songs
- Gerry Mulligan meets Johnny Hodges · 1959
- Gerry Mulligan meets Johnny Hodges · 1959
- A Smooth One · 1960
- Verve Jazz Masters 35: Johnny Hodges · 1994
- Passion Flower 1940-46 · 1972
- Back to Back · 1959
- Back to Back · 1954
- Back to Back · 1959
- 100 + Essential Jazz Ballads (Masterpieces of Smooth and Relaxing Jazz) · 1957
- Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra · 1961
- 2019
- 2012
Artist Playlists
- The saxophonist had a miraculously warm and sensual tone.
- His bands embodied collective power and distinctive soloists.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
- 2023
- 2018
- 2000
Appears On
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges & Paul Gonzalves
- Lawrence Brown
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 July 1907
- GENRE
- Jazz