Duke Ellington and his orchestra in concert 1969 Solo for Johnny Hodges . This is the year before he died . The songs Black Butterfly Things ain't what they used to be . and Laying on mellow .
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@doublenmusic4 ай бұрын
His tone makes me want to cry, definitely one of the most expressive alto players ever
@royheinrich1233 жыл бұрын
doesn't get much better than Jonny Hodges and Duke playing... ....no amps, electric, or visual distractions...just 1 band..
@strongfoundationbuilder92097 ай бұрын
Thank you ! Johnny Hodges is my Father. He met my Mother in Washington DC. My birth certificate ssys Father unknown. My Father were married to someone else. He had to keep a secret. So his wife would not know I'm his son
@GVernon2 жыл бұрын
Smooth as melted butter...
@philpryor75244 жыл бұрын
There is nothing sweeter or more pure in jazz ballad playing, all top class...
@michaelhayes690 Жыл бұрын
So warm. Perfect. Ellington wrote for everyone in the band and made them sound better. And the dynamics with acoustic instruments is what makes all the older jazz players sound better regardless of instrument and Ellington controlled that cool heat. Thanks.
@geerowr.6666 Жыл бұрын
BILLY STRAYHORN was quoted as saying the same thing.
@gessed2 жыл бұрын
One of the great alto players in jazz.
@claudevinyard51603 жыл бұрын
Saw the Duke at the Blue Note, Chicago 1950.
@brandonjimenez99923 жыл бұрын
God damn , how old are you
@two9parkave5 жыл бұрын
Timeless, pure, it is amazing how music from this master has the ability to calm and soothe the listener. Thanks for posting.
@peterbrandtpedersen31452 жыл бұрын
Timeless! that's the word
@martinbates64175 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. I have many albums by JH but was too young to see him live, or the Duke, so wonderful to see this footage.
@olebirgerpedersen4 жыл бұрын
I was born in 39 but as I grew up my favourit was Charlie Parker, First later I discovered Johnny Hodgers and to dayI love his music and his wondefully sound
@catsinhouse2 жыл бұрын
Live was almost surreal to see Duke and the orchestra in concert. Just perfection.
@joelgauthier92086 күн бұрын
Un son merveilleux, le plus beau de tous les saxophonistes altos. Une inspiration constante et une puissance incroyable. Quand à l'inspiration, c'est du sublime ! Le plus grand et de loin.
@jonathanclark76239 ай бұрын
Johnny Hodges could say more with one note than others could with 64 bars
@mickcarlon81472 жыл бұрын
What a gift to the world Duke and Rabbit (and Harry) (and Cootie) are!
@emmanuelmassarotti55352 жыл бұрын
Best big band. Without Hodges it was not the same
@budway19425 жыл бұрын
I bought a 'JH album in Singapore in 1971 ,prompted by an Amrican guy called Jimmy Seiber my best man ..loved him and Johhny ever since,
@CharlyParker552 жыл бұрын
Maravilloso. Johnny Hodges, uno de mis músicos preferidos. Duke Ellington genio absoluto del jazz, la orquesta perfecta. Todos buenos músicos.
@bjarnepetersen25072 жыл бұрын
It is so beautiful I sit with tears in my eyes. when one then thinks of him only hvde 1 year left.
@ottohardwick53234 жыл бұрын
Gosh, he actually smiles at one point in this clip!
@alexdesslin3 жыл бұрын
classieux, simplement les meilleurs parmi les meilleurs...
@louisghestin37713 жыл бұрын
Des moments de bonheur quand je les voyais sur scène, du rêve
@user-vj3bi5ub2s Жыл бұрын
à moi c'est la même chose. Les deux Giants sont patfaits.
@marcellomentasimonsennico56705 жыл бұрын
I have read more than once that, in concerts, after another amazing solo, Hodges would look at Duke and rub his fingers, as if demanding salary increase. This is widely confirmed here after "Black Butterfly".
@brotzmannsax5 жыл бұрын
Wow, nice catch, I always knew the tension between them, but never caught it in all the shows I've watched. Sort of sad to see really, especially the best band known for their polish and professionalism.
@brotzmannsax5 жыл бұрын
Wow, nice catch, I've always heard of the tension between them but never saw that in all the shows I've watched. Sad to see really, especially for the best band know for their polish and professionalism.
@AgaPadar4 жыл бұрын
@@brotzmannsax Wouldn't say it's sad. Hodges had a good, long-lasting and steady paying career with Ellington. The Duke put much of the royalties he got through his compositions into the band to have them play day by day and night by night, even when big bands were more or less out of fashion. An unhappy Johnny Hodges would not have stayed 1928 to 1970, apart a few years trying to be a bandleader himself. And imagine you are working for a boss who features you in his own compositions as Prelude to a Kiss, Star-Crossed Lovers, Day Dream, I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good), Isfahan and so many more. Hodges and the Duke were a match made in heaven, and them knew it.
@brotherrabbit85394 жыл бұрын
And then he smiled, or at least what passes for a smile from Hodges.
@marcellomentasimonsennico56702 жыл бұрын
@@brotherrabbit8539 Are you really Brother Hodges, Son of Johnny???? What an Honor!!!!!
@darylmichael74 жыл бұрын
America has lost its love for this classic music. Shame.
@Dsippuk Жыл бұрын
Yes, I‘m sad about it too….
@willygmusic78603 жыл бұрын
Wow it really puts time into perspective when you realize thag he was born in 1899. Imagine being alive to see someone who was alive in that century.
@wyndhleodumegwu2532 жыл бұрын
I thought Johnny Hodges was born in 1906 and died in 1970 at or above 64yrs. young. Thanks for the information. He IS smooth, cool and calm. Johnny HAS HAD a swift staccato 👅. This IS JAZZ; this IS SMOOTH; this is the true essence of the phrase "Smooth Jazz". Lohvissimo.
@keananok2 жыл бұрын
@@wyndhleodumegwu253 lol Willy is wrong? He was definitely born in 1906
@wyndhleodumegwu2532 жыл бұрын
@@keananok Thanks for the affirmation
@davekonrad47122 ай бұрын
Love the concert from the late '80s on KBLX, Berkeley,ca! That is all they put out, 24/7!!
@bolsesolheim7469 Жыл бұрын
johnny has been my favourite Alt Saxophone musician fo r most of my life!
@brynjarhoff-lr6hw11 ай бұрын
I have written about this artist before,but I can not stopp saying Fantastic Bravissimo BRAVO!!!
@Blomhert3 жыл бұрын
Marvelous coörporation of two musical giants
@d.vannimmen Жыл бұрын
Super Johny Hodges.
@williamhabel16434 жыл бұрын
always wonderful
@sturesoderstrom7825 Жыл бұрын
What a suggestive and swinging the blues, for so many years, timeess.
@eddietheblasian20434 жыл бұрын
Only the right notes, master level!!!
@bblegacy Жыл бұрын
Well yeah... :) I mean who needs all the B.S. of a lot of pointless notes (that are mostly dissonances) out of nowhere, which I swear a lot of people use only to show other people that they know what they are or let everyone know they studied music in some chord factory and can do it, but have no idea WHEN to use any of it or HOW, which is RIGHT for the moment. And the same goes for a lot of writers, perhaps even moreso. Jazz is far more sophisticated than just using any note you want just because you supposedly can ...because some teacher or textbook says a particular note is "usable" on a D7(b9) chord.
@bblegacy Жыл бұрын
I love how at about 50 seconds into it to get things going, JH and the band quote a couple bars of Black and Tan Fantasy ... from 1927.
@GillesAtayi Жыл бұрын
Wonderful ❤
@hojoinhisarcher2 жыл бұрын
Is that really show business? That man makes it look 🙂so 🙂damn🙂 easy!
@CyndiMariaJesse5 жыл бұрын
........Oh yes!! 😘💕🎶🎷 Thank you, God bless you & Merry Christmas!🎄🌿🕊
@thejazzsingers5 жыл бұрын
For you also the best X
@johndavies89562 жыл бұрын
That title "Things ain't what they used to be" is so true of that bygone era.
@Joe_J-MT_Boy2 жыл бұрын
If you understand anything about the construction of a sax you will immediately sense that Mr. Hodges flat knows how to manipulate and get the most out of his reed. The texture and character of is melodies are palpable.
@charlesbarry24853 жыл бұрын
The greatest Alto player before Charlie Parker. He belonged to the cool school like Paul Desmond in terms of tone and sound.
@SELMER19473 жыл бұрын
Absolutely disagree, Johnny Hodges had nothing to do with "cool school" he was the alto giant with Benny Carter 20 years before the cool movement came ! His warm sound and his vibrato, like Ben Webster, another Duke's man has nothing to see with cool movement...
@charlesbarry24853 жыл бұрын
@@SELMER1947 You misunderstood my statement. I mean in terms of sound. He came before the cool school. This I know. His mentor was Sidney Bechet.
@SELMER19473 жыл бұрын
@@charlesbarry2485 Even in terms of sound, cool school had no vibrato, no inflexions, no glissando, no sense of blues like Hodges and Bechet had... Guys like Desmond, Mulligan, Getz, Sims, Pepper etc...had nothing in common with Bechet !
@emmanuelmassarotti55352 жыл бұрын
@@SELMER1947 the others are their sons with, in between, the bird who changed the rules, then post bop would be patronized by lester young and cool came on the stage
@hezigler Жыл бұрын
@SELMER B.Action Getz was most definitely a deciple of Lester Young. A New Yorker BTW.
@ginguenga5 жыл бұрын
wowowowowow
@BennyGoodman19774 ай бұрын
The best sax Alto ever....
@eramelajulianjr6875 Жыл бұрын
VERY GOOD
@giulioferro8550 Жыл бұрын
IL DUCA, ha un Orchestra UNICA per le Colonne Sonore da FILM il Suo Swing JAZZ e' ECCEZIONALE !!
@gabrielleauguste59463 жыл бұрын
JADOOOOOORE : SON PHRASÉ MUSICAL . CELA SORT DE L'ORDINAIRE. 😍😍😍😍💥💥💥💥🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
@tomlehr8614 жыл бұрын
First time listening to him
@alaintissier97998 ай бұрын
Look at how Paul Gonzalves digs Hodges solo in the first tune. Full admiration.
@yeahyeahyeah79553 жыл бұрын
Glorious. Thanks for posting.
@yolandarodriguez35782 жыл бұрын
nothing so fine....
@davekonrad47122 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@rogeriosousa94745 жыл бұрын
maravilhoso demais! amo jazz no âmago de minha alma
@jorgeluizferraz30413 жыл бұрын
Eu sou fanático por está Orquestra de Jazz e por Duke Ellington , que coisa linda !
@AmadeuCarvalho-ug7hn10 ай бұрын
One of the masters hei🤩
@jiyujizai Жыл бұрын
Good.
@patrickvk88684 ай бұрын
Prachtige sax solo!
@davidcastella4991 Жыл бұрын
Every BODY Going On.... SWINGING.... WALKING WHIT IT..... 👏🌀🦎🦎🦎🌀🤙
@denisewright19675 жыл бұрын
I like that.muic
@claudiocoelholeal7228 Жыл бұрын
Sencacional ! Que emissão, um genio numa banda de outro genio. Acho que foi uma das ulltimas apresentações de Hodges, que morreria no começo de 1970. Mas ele e Duke seguem cada vez mais vivos !!!
@stevel6895 Жыл бұрын
Hodges - July 25, 1907 - May 11, 1970 was just shy of his 63 birthday. I saw Dukes band in 1971 without Hodges obviously, but it was still one of the best musical experiences of my life. It was Hodges's playing that inspired me to take up the alto sax at 14, I'm still playing today 53 years later.
@user-bt1wj8ou3f7 ай бұрын
Hodges had a beautiful sound that Charlie Parker rebelled from. Parker was looking for more from his own playing. More being beyond swing that was prevalent during the 30s and early 40s. When Parker found and mastered cromanticism he never looked back. B-bop has reigned ever since.
@user-vj3bi5ub2s Жыл бұрын
a bit more.. His manner gives sensitivity and more ease to every Duke's composition. Very lucky and harmonized couple of big artists.
@ruudbergamin43615 ай бұрын
Many alto-players have tried to imitate the sound and style of Hodges. Nobody succeeded.
@samre234 Жыл бұрын
Such great tone, JH and Eric Dolphy, alto tone,,,
@Tubulous1233 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Thank you!!!! 1Nation4Life
@omroman13 жыл бұрын
BELLEZA,
@gynack3 жыл бұрын
I was never keen on the lush ballads that Ellington too often (for me) played. I suppose Hodges played brilliantly but they were still lush, sentimental ballads. Hodges was at his best for me on the Blues. the album Back to Back teams him up with Harry Edison on trumpet and the Duke on piano playing all Blues numbers in a small group. An absolutely great album, really a "must listen".
@johnlindsay33243 жыл бұрын
spring, spring, Spring
@budway19425 жыл бұрын
no tatoos,,no crap,,just talent,
@ohmorieiichi74702 жыл бұрын
ジョニー節。もう、最高。 流石の職人芸。憎い、憎い。 秋葉原の大森栄一より eiichi ohmori akihabara from tokyo japan
@davidcastella4991 Жыл бұрын
RE 🧡DAN DO LA! 🌀👏👏🐝🐝🦎🤙🤙
@jasonandpreslynnfick5735 жыл бұрын
A year before he perished...
@cornelispeters66265 жыл бұрын
Àltijd uniek en interessant gebléven tot aan zijn dood.
Dificil de igualar, bueno igualar imposible. Son excelencias y ese sabor almibarado del saxo?
@bojeurling32133 жыл бұрын
This was Your last performance ? Many thanks-
@jiyujizai3 жыл бұрын
💙🌱😀🌸
@begopereiraalvarez35854 жыл бұрын
Simplemente, JAZZ, ¡...
@user-qb2xc2fn7y3 жыл бұрын
う~ん、渋い!(Cool!)
@Jae774 жыл бұрын
2:00 he stopped playing but the phrase kept going?
@abhishekputtawallu61714 жыл бұрын
The same note was being played by the orchestra In harmony
@elliotwoo61274 жыл бұрын
That's how good he is LMAOOO
@eziochiarelli21754 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Where had that concert occurred? it should be in November 1969...
@shalomccs3 жыл бұрын
The Tijuana brass was the group name.
@user-pn9yc7ut8y11 ай бұрын
Jehea
@djthemoretaiwan4 жыл бұрын
Victor Gaskin on bass
@user-pn9yc7ut8y11 ай бұрын
Black Mann hat's im Blut gg
@babakmardani13173 жыл бұрын
Hey baby!
@patrickvk88684 ай бұрын
In het snellere tempo improvisaties telkens niet onderbreken - meer afronden een verhaal vertellen 😔
@hremdldw3 жыл бұрын
Quote from Clark Terry , if The Musicians were upset with Duke maybe they should have written more for themselves . Barney Bigard , Cootie Williams , Hodges all had warmup licks Duke turned into full blown Orchestrated Composition s , they didn't Duke got a lick from those great Musicians and did something with it instead of it just being a warmup
@triston2262 жыл бұрын
10:45
@christianduval65062 жыл бұрын
Digital et les
@LMikey1233 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does the soloist not look Identical to Duke?
@tamaracolvernutting-rodrig10773 жыл бұрын
How strange, was just thinking the same as I watched!
@vidalfah75414 жыл бұрын
Noblesse oblige devant le duc la courtoisie s'impose