Not So Dukish

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Not So Dukish
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Studio album by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
Released 1958
Recorded September 10, 1958
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Verve MGV 8355
Producer Norman Granz
Johnny Hodges chronology
Blues-a-Plenty
(1958)		Not So Dukish
(1958)		 Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin
(1958)

Not So Dukish is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Verve label. [1] [2]

Johnny Hodges American alto saxophonist

John Cornelius Hodges was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on soprano saxophone, but refused to play soprano after 1946. He is considered one of the definitive alto saxophone players of the big band era.

Verve Records American record label

Verve Records, also known as The Verve Music Group, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier labels, Clef Records, founded in 1946, Norgran Records, founded in 1953, and material previously licensed to Mercury Records.

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Reception

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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Hodges except as indicated

  1. "M. H. R." (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn) - 5:58
  2. "Broadway Babe" (Hodges, Mercer Ellington) - 2:43
  3. "Three and Six" (Strayhorn) - 2:20
  4. "Not So Dukish" (Jimmy Woode) - 7:51
  5. "Central Park Swing" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 3:24
  6. "Preacher Blues" - 8:22
  7. "Jeep Bounced Back" - 3:35
  8. "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:53

Personnel

Alto saxophone type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E♭, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

Roy Eldridge American trumpeter

David Roy Eldridge, nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from the dominant style of jazz trumpet innovator Louis Armstrong, and his strong impact on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop.

Ray Nance American musician

Ray Willis Nance was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. He is best remembered for his long association with Duke Ellington and his orchestra.

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References

  1. ↑ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed February 11, 2016
  2. ↑ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 11, 2016
  3. 1 2 Not So Dukish – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved February 12, 2016.
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