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1956 studio album by Johnny Hodges
Used to Be Duke is a studio album by Johnny Hodges , accompanied by members of Duke Ellington 's orchestra, released by Norgran Records in October 1956.[1] [2]
Reception [ edit ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2]
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."[2]
Track listing [ edit ]
"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 [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader
Castle Rock (1951–52)
In a Tender Mood (1951–52)
The Blues (1952–54)
Used to Be Duke (1954)
Creamy (1955)
Duke's in Bed (1956)
Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
The Big Sound (1957)
Blues A-Plenty (1958)
Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958)
Not So Dukish (1958)
Side by Side (and Duke Ellington , 1958–59)
Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959)
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
Blue Hodge (1961)
Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961)
Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis , 1963–64)
Sandy's Gone (1963)
Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis , 1963)
Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65)
Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66)
Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66)
Inspired Abandon (and Lawrence Brown , 1965)
Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965)
Blue Notes (1966)
Stride Right (and Earl Hines , 1966)
Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966)
Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967)
Triple Play (1967)
Rippin' & Runnin' (1968)
3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With others