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Johnny Hodges

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 58: Still Swinging – Ellington, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carter in the 1960s (1960 – 1966)

    Apr 27th, 2018 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Benny Carter, Billy Strayhorn, Charles Mingus, Charlie Rouse, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Johnny Hodges, Max Roach, Nat Adderley, Paul Gonsalves, Phil Woods, Wynton Kelly

    Duke Ellington – Max Roach – Charles Mingus Duke Ellington and Benny Carter, whose careers stretched back to the 1920s, continued to be vital musical presences in the 1960s. In this hour we will hear examples of their late career work and that of two veteran Ellingtonians, alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and tenor saxophonist Paul […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 31: My Brainwaves in His Head, and His in Mine – Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (1941 – 1967)

    Sep 29th, 2017 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Art Tatum, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, jazz at 100, Johnny Hodges, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson

    Duke Ellington – Billy Strayhorn Duke Ellington was the well-spring that flowed through many decades of jazz. In 1938, Ellington found his soul-mate in composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn. By the early 1940s, Strayhorn combined with bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster to reinvigorate both Ellington and his band. In the next hour, we will […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 19: Small Groups – Chu Berry, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young (1937 – 1940)

    Jul 7th, 2017 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Chu Berry, jazz at 100, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge

    Roy Eldridge While the jazz of the thirties was predominantly remembered as coming from orchestras and big bands, seminal soloists continued to record memorable music in small group settings, setting the stage for disruptive industry transitions to come in the 1940s. Leon Brown “Chu” Berry. An influential tenor player whose impact was cut short by […]

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