Released 1954 Length 38:21 | Recorded 1954 Used to Be Duke(1954) Dance Bash(1952-55) Release date 1954 Label Universal Music LLC | |
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Johnny hodges used to be duke
Used to Be Duke is a 1954 studio album by Johnny Hodges accompanied by several members of Duke Ellington's orchestra.
Contents
- Johnny hodges used to be duke
- Johnny hodges used to be duke 1954
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Johnny hodges used to be duke 1954
Reception
Scott Yanow on AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, commenting "Hodges had a particularly strong group. High points include "On the Sunny Side of the Street," the title track and a seven-song ballad medley."
Track listing
- "Used to Be Duke" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:24
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:59
- "Sweet as Bear Meat" (Hodges) - 3:22
- "Madam Butterfly" (Jimmy Hamilton, Hodges) - 3:17
- "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington) - 3:24
- Ballad medley: "Autumn In New York"/"Sweet Lorraine"/"Time On My Hands"/"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"/"If You Were Mine"/"Poor Butterfly" (Vernon Duke)/(Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish)/(Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon)/(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)/(Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer)/(Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 17:55
Personnel
Songs
1Used To Be Duke7:20
2On The Sunny Side Of The Street2:56
3Sweet As Bear Meat3:19
References
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