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Johnny Hodges

Real Name:
John Cornelius Hodges
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b. July 25, 1906 - Cambridge, Massachusetts
d. May 11, 1970

American jazz saxophonist.
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Discography

Releases:
A Treasury Of Immortal Performances (10", Lp)   RCA Victor 1952
Creamy (LP)   Verve Records 1955
The Big Sound (LP, Album)   Verve Records 1957
Side By Side (LP)   Verve Records 1959
Back To Back (Album) (5 versions)   Verve Records ... 1960
Blues-A-Plenty (LP, Mono)   Verve Records, Verve Records 1960
Everybody Knows (Album) (3 versions)   Impulse! ... 1964
Wings And Things (LP)   Verve Records 1965
Blue Pyramid (LP)   Verve Records 1966
Triple Play (LP)   RCA Victor 1967
Blues Summit (2xLP, RE, Album)   Verve Records 1973
Side By Side (LP, RE)   Verve Records  
Stride Right (LP)   Verve Records  
Appears On:
Never No Lament / Cottontail (Shellac, 10")   Victor (2) 1940
It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream / Blue Skies (Shellac, 10") It Shouldn't Happen To... Musicraft 1946
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (5 versions)   CBS ... 1950
Vol. 1 (7", EP) I'm Beginning To See T... Decca (2) 1953
Ellington At Newport (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1956
Jivin' The Vibes (LP) I Know That You Know, ... RCA Camden 1957
This Is Duke Ellington (7", EP, RE, Cov)   RCA 1957
At The Cotton Club (LP)   RCA Camden 1958
Ellington Indigos (2 versions)   Columbia 1958
On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Twelfth Street Rag / Jack The Bellboy / Central Avenue Breakdown (7", EP, Comp) On The Sunny Side Of T... RCA, RCA, RCA 1958
This Is Duke Ellington (7", EP, RE, Cov)   RCA 1958
Blues In Orbit (LP) Smada, The Swingers Ge... Philips 1959
Ellington Jazz Party (LP)   Columbia 1959
The Nutcracker Suite (LP, Album)   Columbia Special Products, Columbia Special Products 1960
Caravan (7", EP, Comp, RE)   RCA 1961
Meets The Sax Giants Volume 1 (LP)   Verve Records 1961
Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite Thursday (LP, Album)   Philips 1961
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Album) (6 versions)   Impulse! ... 1962
Jazz Concert (LP) Things Ain't What They... Good Year 1962
The Hits Of Harry James (LP, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... Starline, Regal 1962
Town Hall (LP) Long Long Journey, Snafu RCA Victor 1962
Duke Ellington - Django Reinhardt (LP, Mono, Comp) The Jeep Is Jumpin' AMIGA 1964
Bye Bye Blues (LP, Album) I'm Beginning To See T... Polydor 1965
Shelly Manne & Co. (LP, Mono) On The Sunny Side Of T... Contact Records (4) 1965
The Duke Steps Out (LP, Mono) The Duke Steps Out RCA Victor 1965
Bye Bye Blues (LP, Album) I'm Beginning To See T... Polydor 1966
Duke Ellington's Concert Of Sacred Music (3 versions)   RCA Victor 1966
Ella Fitzgerald (LP, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... AMIGA 1966
Jazz- Portrait (LP) I'm Beginning To See T... AMIGA 1966
Once Upon A Time (Album) (3 versions)   Impulse! ... 1966
His Birds & Brass (LP) Dow De Dow Dow Dow CBS 1967
In The Groove With The Kings Of Swing (2 versions) On The Sunny Side Of T... Reader's Digest ... 1967
Remember Ben Webster (LP) The Jeep Is Jumpin' Mercury 1967
The Far East Suite (LP)   RCA Victor 1967
Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits (LP, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... CBS 1968
Second Sacred Concert (Album) (3 versions)   America Records ... 1968
Archive Of Jazz Vol.3 (LP)   BYG Records 1969
Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert (2xLP, Album, Ltd)   Solid State Records (2) 1970
Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson & Artie Shaw With Their Orchestra (LP) It Shouldn't Happen To... Boulevard 1971
New Orleans Suite (Album) (5 versions)   Atlantic ... 1971
Ellington On The Air (LP, Ste)   Ember Records 1973
Facets - The Legend Of Leon Thomas (LP, Album)   Flying Dutchman 1973
Archetypes (12")   MGM Records 1974
Gammalpop 1 (LP, Comp) Gamle Tider Blir Som N... Tambourine 1974
Duke Ellington (LP)   AMIGA 1975
Ellington Is Forever, Volume 1 (Album) (2 versions) Blues Medley (Carnegie... Fantasy 1975
Kühl Und Modern - Jazz In Deutschland 1957&58 (LP, Comp) Little Taste Telefunken 1976
Ben Webster (LP) The Jeep Is Jumpin' AMIGA 1977
Leningrad Dixieland (LP) Джипс Блюз (J... Мелодия 1978
Points (LP) Pot-Pourri Solo Le Chant Du Monde 1978
Unknown Session (LP)   CBS 1979
20 Golden Pieces Of Harry James (LP, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... Bulldog Records 1981
The Saga Of Mister Jelly Lord (7xLP) She's Got What I Need SAAR Records SRL, SAAR Records SRL 1981
Kraftjazz (LP) Squaty Roo Talent (2) 1982
Big Bands: Duke Ellington (2xLP, Mono)   Time Life Music 1983
"...And His Mother Called Him Bill" (Album) (3 versions)   BMG (France) ... 1984
The Popular Duke Ellington (LP)   RCA International 1984
The Stockholm Concert 1966 (CD)   Pablo Records 1984
22 Original Big-Band Recordings (1941 - 1944) (CD, Album, RM) I'm Beginning To See T... Hindsight Records (2) 1987
Cotton Club (LP) Cotton Club Stomp World Star Collection 1987
Duke Ellington And The Small Groups (LP)   Giants Of Jazz 1987
The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 1, 1933-1935 (Comp) (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1987
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve (10xCD)   Verve Records 1988
Blues In Orbit (LP, Album, RE) Villes Ville Is The Pl... CBS 1988
The Duke Ellington Small Bands: Back Room Romp (CD, Comp, RE)   Portrait 1988
1927-1931 (CD, Comp) The Mooche, Misty Morn... Giants Of Jazz 1990
The Brunswick Era, Volume I (1926-29) (CD, Album, Comp, RE) Yellow Dog Blues, Tish... MCA Records, Decca 1990
The Essential (CD, Comp) Take The "A" Train, So... CBS 1990
1930-1931 (CD)   Classics Records 1991
Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) (CD, Album) Flirtibird, Haupe Sony Music Special Products 1991
Jungle Nights In Harlem (LP, RE) Cotton Club Stomp, Cot... Bluebird (3) 1991
The Chronological Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 1931-1932 (CD, Album, Comp)   Classics Records 1991
Up In Duke's Workshop (LP, RM, RE) Goof, Dick Original Jazz Classics, Pablo Records 1991
Verve Jazz Box (7xCD, Comp + Box) Skin Deep, Weary Blues... Verve Records 1991
Lady Day & Pres 1937-1941 (CD)   Frémeaux & Associés 1992
Sophisticated Lady (Duke's Greatest Hits) (CD, Comp)   Classic Jazz 1992
Cotton Club 1938 - Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Harmony In Harlem, Dow... Galaxy Music 1993
Essentiel Jazz - Duke Ellington / Count Basie (CD, Comp)   Columbia 1993
Les Chefs-D'Oeuvre De Lionel Hampton (CD, Comp)   Music Memoria 1993
Les Chefs-d'oeuvre De Duke Ellington (CD)   Music Memoria 1993
Smooth Ride (CD, Comp) Satin Doll Hammer & Lace Records, Arsenal Records (4) 1993
Duke Ellington - Jazz Masters 4 (CD) Take The "A" Train, La... Verve Records 1994
The Great London Concerts (CD, Album)   Jazz Heritage 1994
The Quintessence . New York Chicago Hollywood 1926 - 1941 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 1994
The Verve Story: 1944 - 1994 (4xCD, Comp + Box) Jeep's Blues, Stompy J... Verve Records 1994
Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 9 (CD, Comp, RM)   Editions Atlas 1995
Jazz After Hours (CD, Comp) Passion Flower Emporio 1995
Jazz Café - At The Movies (CD, Comp, RM) On Green Dolphin Street BMG, RCA, Blue Bird (2) 1995
The Quintessence . New York Chicago Hollywood Los Angeles 1930 - 1944 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 1995
The Quintessence . New York Los Angeles 1935 - 1944 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 1995
The Soul Of Ben Webster (2xCD)   Verve Records 1995
A Night Out With Verve (4xCD, Comp + Box) On The Sunny Side Of T... Verve Records 1996
Love Songs: Best Of The Song Books (CD, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... Verve Records 1996
Roots Of Rhythm Of Blues 1939-1945 (2xCD, Comp) Dooji Wooji Frémeaux & Associés 1996
This Is Jazz (10xCD, RM, Comp + Box, Ltd) In A Sentimental Mood,... Columbia 1996
Violon Jazz 1927 - 1944 (2xCD) "C" Jam Blues, Moon Mist Frémeaux & Associés 1996
Play On! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (CD) I'm Beginning To See T... Varèse Sarabande 1997
Priceless Jazz Sampler (CD, Smplr) The Jeep Is Jumpin' GRP 1997
The Instrumental History Of Jazz (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh + Box) East St. Louis Toodle-o N2K Encoded Jazz 1997
Ultra-Lounge Volume Eighteen - Bottoms Up! (Comp) (2 versions) Squatty Roo Capitol Records 1997
Vive Le Jazz ! (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 1997
A Century Of Glory (2xCD, Comp) Sam And Delilah Frémeaux & Associés 1998
Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 (2xCD, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... Acoustic Disc 1998
A Jazz Hour With Billie Holiday: Me Myself And I (CD, Comp)   A Jazz Hour With 1999
Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete) (Album) (2 versions) Diminuendo In Blue And... Legacy ... 1999
First Time! The Count Meets The Duke (CD, Album, RM)   Columbia 1999
Such Sweet Thunder (CD, Album, RE)   Colombia, Legacy 1999
The Duke At His Best (CD)   Prism Leisure 1999
The Ellington Suites (LP, Album, RP)   Pablo Records 1999
Cool Jazz - New York 1947 - 1949 (2xCD, Comp) Jungle Love Frémeaux & Associés 2000
Duke Ellington's Far East Suite (CD, Album, RM)   RCA Victor, BMG (France) 2000
Intégrale Django Reinhardt Vol. 13: "Echos Of France" (2xCD) Ride, Red, Ride (Chica... Frémeaux & Associés 2000
Ko-Ko (CD, RM)   Dreyfus Jazz 2000
The Verve Album (2xCD, Comp) Royal Garden Blues, Su... Verve Records 2000
EMI Presents The Magic Of Bobby Darin (CD) I'm Beginning To See T... EMI Records 2001
The Best Of Lionel Hampton (CD) Ring Dem Bells, I Know... Jazz Forever 2001
The Swing Era - 1942-1945 (2xCD) I'm Beginning To See T... Time Life Music, EMI-Capitol Special Markets 2001
Alhambra, Oct. 29th, 1958 (2xCD)   LaserLight Digital 2002
Bar Jazz Vol. 5 (3xCD, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2003
Mona Lisa Smile: Music From The Motion Picture (CD) I'm Beginning To See T... Epic 2003
Piano Jazz ( The History/L'Histoire) (10xCD, Comp + Box) Lots O' Fingers Le Chant Du Monde 2003
Summertime - George Gershwin's Most Beautiful Song In 20 Versions (CD) Summertime Classic Hits 2003
The Best Of Gold - The February 2003 Sampler (CDr, Smplr) C Jam Blues EMI Gold 2003
The Quintessence : New York - Chicago 1933-1950 (2xCD)   Frémeaux & Associés 2003
The Warm Moods (CD, RE) I'm Beginning To See T... Reprise Records 2003
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940) (10xCD, Comp) Diga Diga Doo (1928-1... Le Chant Du Monde 2004
Swing De Paris (1922-1951) (2xCD, Comp) Saint-Germain Des Pré... Frémeaux & Associés 2004
The Essential Rosemary Clooney (CD, Comp) Blue Rose Columbia, Columbia 2004
Dripping Indigo (CD, Album) I'm Beginning To See T... Chantal Chamberland 2005
Intégrale Django Reinhardt Vol. 20: "Pour Que Ma Vie Demeure" (2xCD, Comp) Ride, Red, Ride Frémeaux & Associés 2005
Tease! The Beat Of Burlesque (CD, Comp) Funky Blues Verve Records 2005
Roots Of Mambo 1930-1950 (2xCD, Comp) The Peanut Vendor Frémeaux & Associés 2006
Saxophone Ballads (CD, Comp, RM) Passion Flower Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Squeeze Me • The Jazz And Swing Accordion Story (4xCD, Comp + Box) Double Check Stomp, Ac... Proper Records Ltd. 2006
Swing For Modern Clubbing (CD, Album, Dig) Goin' Nuts Barclay 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (4xCD, Comp) Black And Tan Fantasy Impulse! 2006
The Quintessence . New York Hollywood 1939 - 1955 (2xCD, Comp) Sweet Lorraine Frémeaux & Associés 2006
Duke In Blue (CD, RE) Squatty Roo, I'm Begin... Jazz Heritage 2007
Evergreen Music (CD, Promo) Summertime Roton 2007
Swing For Modern Clubbing (CD, Album, Dig) Goin' Nuts Fuse Recordings 2007
The Best Small Jazz Bands (2xCD, Comp) Johnny's Blues, Duke's... Frémeaux & Associés 2007
A Drum Is A Woman (Album) (3 versions)   Philips ... 2008
Jazz & Noir (CD, Comp) Sophisticated Lady Musica Jazz 2008
Smoky Jazz (CD, Comp) Day Dream Verve Records 2008
Big Band Happening (LP, Album) I'm Beginning To See T... Polydor  
Blues In History III (2xCD, Comp) Jeeps Blues, Jeeps Blues History  
Chris Barber In Berlin (LP) Jeep's Blues AMIGA  
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (LP)   Alamac Record Company  
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (7", EP, RE) John Hardy's Wife, Mor... RCA  
Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite (CD, Album, Mono, RE)   Columbia  
Dusk / Warm Valley (Shellac, 10")   Victor  
Ellingtonia - Vol. 1 “The Twenties” (7", Phi)   Philips  
Ellingtonia - Vol. 2 “The Thirties” (7", Phi)   Philips  
Ellingtonia - Vol. 3 “The Fourties” (7", Phi)   Philips  
Ellingtonia - Vol. 4 “The Fifties” (7", Phi)   Philips  
Ellingtonia - Vol. 5 “New Recordings Of Great Standards” (7", Phi)   Philips  
Essentiel Jazz - Jazz Sax (CD, Comp) Jeep's Blues, A Flower... Columbia  
His Most Important Second War Concert: Carnegie Hall 1943 (LP)   Jazz Anthology  
I'm Beginning To See The Light (Shellac, 10") I'm Beginning To See T... Guild Records (2)  
Jazz' Best (LP)   Verve Records  
Jeep's Blues / Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Shellac, 10", Single) Jeep's Blues Modern Music  
Kissing Bug / Mood To Be Wooed (Shellac, 10") Mood To Be Wooed, Mood... Victor  
Live (2xLP, Gat) I'm Beginning To See T... Affinity  
Mood Indigo / Wall Street Wail (Shellac, 10", RE) Wall Street Wail Brunswick  
Norman Granz' Jam Session #5 (12", Mono) Jam Blues Columbia  
Nutcracker Suite / Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (LP)   Columbia, Odyssey  
Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 11 (LP) Blues Of The Vagabond ... EMI Electrola  
Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 12 (LP) Syncopated Shuffle (Ne... EMI Electrola  
Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 2 (LP, Comp) Hot And Bothered (New ... EMI Electrola  
Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 5 (LP) Ring Dem Bells (New Yo... EMI Electrola  
Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 7 (LP) Rockin' In Rhythm (New... EMI Electrola  
Passion Flower / Going Out The Back Way (Shellac, 10") Going Out The Back Way Bluebird (3)  
Piano In The Background (CD, Album)   Columbia, Columbia  
Playing With The Strings (CD) The Moochie (New York,... JPS  
Red White & Blues: Women Sing Of America (LP, Comp) Sad Night In Harlem Rosetta Records  
Solitude (LP, Album)   Philips  
Such Sweet Thunder (LP, Mono)   Philips  
The Beginning Volume One (1926 - 1928) (LP, Comp, RE)   MCA Records  
The Charlie Parker Story Vol. 3 (LP) Celebrity, Ballade, Oh... Verve  
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol.1 (LP, Mono)   Columbia  
The Gillespie Jam Sessions (2xLP)   Verve Records  
The Mood To Be Wood / My Little Brown Book (12") The Mood To Be Wood V Disc  
The Rabbit's Work On Verve Vol. 4 (LP, Album, RE)   Verve  
The Studio Recordings (The Extended Works) Volume Four (1947-1951) (LP)   Up-To-Date Records  
The Studio Recordings Volume Two (1947-1949) (LP)   Up-To-Date Records  
The Works Of Duke - Intergrale Volume 2 (LP)   RCA Victor  
The Works Of Duke - Intergrale Volume 3 (LP) Cotton Club Stomp, Cot... RCA Victor  
The Works Of Duke - Intergrale Volume 4 (LP) The Duke Steps Out, Do... RCA Victor  
The Works Of Duke - Intergrale Volume 5 (LP)   RCA Victor  
The Works Of Duke - Intergrale Volume 6 (LP)   RCA  
Und Sein Berühmtes Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (2xLP)   Philips, Philips  
Tracks Appear On:
Jazz Of Two Decades (LP, Comp) Night Wind EmArcy 1956
Meets The Sax Giants Volume 1 (LP) Bunny, Shady Side Verve Records 1961
The Jazz Giants (Reel, 4 T) On The Sunny Side Of T... RCA Victor 1967
Une Histoire Des Géants Du Jazz (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Perdido Disques Vogue 1969
A Tribute To Duke Ellington "We Love You Madly" (2xLP, Gat) Mood Indigo, Satin Doll Verve Records 1973
Reevaluations: The Impulse Years (2xLP, Comp, RM) Flower Is A Lovesome T... Impulse!, ABC Records 1973
Verve Jazz Box (7xCD, Comp + Box) Don't Get Around Much ... Verve Records 1991
Too Cool - Le Meilleur Du Jazz Cool (CD, Comp) Lil Darlin BMG (France), RCA, Novus 1992
Ballads In Jazz (2xCD, Comp) Finesse, Day Dream Frémeaux & Associés 1994
Impulses (CD, Comp) 310 Blues Impulse! 1994
The Verve Story: 1944 - 1994 (4xCD, Comp + Box) Jeep's Blues, Stompy J... Verve Records 1994
Jazz Café - At The Movies (CD, Comp, RM) On Green Dolphin Street BMG, RCA, Blue Bird (2) 1995
Hot Jazz For A Cool Night (CD) Royal Garden Blues PolyGram Classics & Jazz 1998
Les Triomphes Du Jazz (Box, Ltd + 20xCD, Comp, RM, Car) In The Mood To Be Wooed Habana, JBM 2000
The Verve Album (2xCD, Comp) Royal Garden Blues Verve Records 2000
Jazz Indispensable - Saxophone (CD, Comp) Things Ain't What They... RCA Victor 2001
Cool Jazz (CD, Comp) Passion Flower, I'm Be... BMG (Netherlands) 2002
Bar Jazz Vol. 5 (3xCD, Comp) I'm Beginning To See T... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2003
The Rare Tunes Collection "From Latin... To Jazz Dance" - Vol. 4 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Dig) Things Ain't What They... Rare Groove Recordings 2003
Bar Jazz Connection (2xCD) I'm Beginning To See T... Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2004
Triumphs Of Jazz (20xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box) In The Mood To Be Wooed Habana 2004
125 Swing Hits (6xBox, Comp) Wham, Standing Room On... Flex Media Entertainment 2006
First Class Jazz - Duke Ellington (CD) Going Up, Big Shoe EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
Saxophone Ballads (CD, Comp, RM) Passion Flower Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Smoky Jazz (CD, Comp) Day Dream Verve Records 2008
Core Of Jazz (LP, Comp, Promo) Jones MGM Records  
Essentiel Jazz - Jazz Sax (CD, Comp) Jeep's Blues Columbia  
Jazz Is Here To Stay (2xLP, Comp) Ruint Verve Records  
Jazz' Best (LP) Saint Louis Blues Verve Records  
Norman Granz' Jam Session #5 (12", Mono) I Got It Bad And That ... Columbia  
Selection Of Jazz For Lovers (2xCD) Passion Flower, Flamingo De Luxe  
The Golden Age Of Jazz (LP) Castle Rock Polydor  
The Jazz Memories Collection (2xCD, Comp) Bunny Romance Of Jazz  
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