When Johnny Hodges died, Duke Ellington said, "Our band will never be the same." This is wonderful!
@barakx8147 жыл бұрын
One of the quietest superstars I ever had the pleasure of meeting. He was 100% gentleman & I feel honored to have known him.
@mightyginza31823 жыл бұрын
You lucky fish🎀🎀🎀💃💃💃🙏🙏🙏
@notreallydavid4 ай бұрын
secondeded@@mightyginza3182
@jasonpfinch6 жыл бұрын
He looks like he could make a phone call, drive a car and cook a meal simultaneously while playing that thing out of the corner of his mouth, and not be remotely flustered or out of breath.
@claudiamag0076 жыл бұрын
Lol
@javierosborne2556 жыл бұрын
Great (ly) described...
@johnmarkconnolly64143 жыл бұрын
And smoke a cigarette at the same time...
@Snipermonkey96611 ай бұрын
He can
@denaraptis371610 ай бұрын
My music lit teacher sent me here and your comment is hilarious and spot on. 😂 More than cool…
@kevingillespie52427 жыл бұрын
Even if it isn't as much of a crowd pleaser, the way players like Johnny Hodges and Paul Desmond play minimally but pick the right notes is simply amazing.
@p.r.h.72833 жыл бұрын
Facts
@JanM3515313512 жыл бұрын
Am crowd. Am very pleased.
@ninjaaron Жыл бұрын
As someone who is more of a casual jazz listener, I would much rather listen to Johnny Hodges than someone like Charlie Parker. That's not to take anything away from Parker, but his style of playing is often advanced beyond my ability to appreciate. A lot of it just sounds like fast noise to to my uninitiated ear.
@catzenhouse Жыл бұрын
@@JanM351531351 Exceptionally pleased.
@grahamkennethgarbutt92616 жыл бұрын
I have seen Hendrix ,The Beatles, The Who, John Lee Hooker, Beck, Clapton. Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones etc. But I would swap them all for a Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges Concert!
@gyro801205 жыл бұрын
Oh yes. The tragedy is that the Who, Hendrix, The Beatles, et al could stay in the best hotel in town. For nearly all of his career, Duke and his band could not stay in the hotel where they were playing.
@gyro801204 жыл бұрын
@alterdestiny that duke and so many others carried racism's burden makes the music even more impressive.
@janiceblacburn97935 жыл бұрын
Absolutely superb! A naturally gifted saxophonist..... the differing sounds he achieves in one song, he was born to play!
@OLIVERROMULOJBUNYE-fk9cc Жыл бұрын
The way he scoop and bend those notes is immaculate
@peterclifford73022 жыл бұрын
Sounds beautiful. Johnny Hodges had his own sound and a lovely tone, superb.
@brenttrading23632 жыл бұрын
with some of his songs if you close your eyes and listen carefully it doesnt sound like a sax ..it sounds like a voice...pure music from a wind instrument
@peterfeltham56122 жыл бұрын
Been listening to him for over 60 years,still am.Saw him play at Bristols Colston Hall in very early 60s, along with the rest of that great orchestra.
@Afro3461 Жыл бұрын
What can you say? His brilliance simply speaks for itself!
@fredfonseca6034 Жыл бұрын
This exactly why I love listening these amazing jazz pioneers when I'm practicing with my Alto and tenor sax. Beautiful to listen. Thank You for the legacy left for us all to learn
@allandunn14314 жыл бұрын
I could weep listening to this. Heaven's sax man: Johnny Hodges.
@Aramis7 Жыл бұрын
such a clean, unique, wonderful sound and interpretation. Love him
@williamgregory1848 Жыл бұрын
There’s a reason why he was the most famous soloist in the Duke Ellington orchestra, as well as the highest-paid. Rest In Peace Johnny Hodges 🙏🏾
@jimrich41922 жыл бұрын
As a saxplayer, myself, I can only say I like, love & respect Johnny's ARTISTRY & ABILITIES. I would not compare him to any other player. They are all unique & wonderful in my book. 🤩🤠😎
@jessykaiser637310 ай бұрын
The master of butter notes!
@elizabethfreshour4828 Жыл бұрын
Oh these guys were masters. I read Miles Davis book and he pointed out....more important than the beautiful notes is the space in between.
@mirazusta20024 жыл бұрын
I love this old footage. The quality of sound & image is great. Thank you for posting.
@jplaylist3 жыл бұрын
Playing it effortless. Oh what a control! Absolutely brilliant!
@jerryjones80648 жыл бұрын
That was amazing. Mr. Johnny Hodges...thank you for that :-)
@albertopitcovsky5946 жыл бұрын
Susane vega
@melkoski6053 жыл бұрын
I was always impressed with the stillness of his body as he produced those great musical ideas. Saw him a few times with and without Duke.
@catzenhouse Жыл бұрын
My big regret that when I got to see Duke and his orchestra, Johnny had already passed as I loved his tone and interpretations. A Master. Paul Gonsalves was there, thankfully. A year after I saw Duke, both he and Gonsalves were gone. (Ten days apart.)
@Telcom1008 жыл бұрын
I wish I could play sax like Johnny Hodges.
@elenitzitzi55198 жыл бұрын
me too
@misterarthur6 жыл бұрын
So do most professional saxophone players.
@jasonandrews90585 жыл бұрын
keep practicing and you shall develop your own sound in time.
@MrPabgon3 жыл бұрын
We all do
@Sincebrassnorstone2 жыл бұрын
Maurice Ravel once advised young composers, "Find a composer you like and copy them slavishly. Where you fail, that is your voice."
@Gumbaification2 жыл бұрын
I've seen him once in 1971, when Duke and his orchestra visited Kyiv. I still remember that concert in details
@jeerahhh___jee2 жыл бұрын
Johnny Hodges passed away on the 11th of May in 1970...
@Gumbaification2 жыл бұрын
@@jeerahhh___jee so it was before. Tour of the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the USSR. Minsk, Kyiv
@gloriamosure91842 жыл бұрын
Best solo of this EVER!
@topaz15588 жыл бұрын
My favorite version thus far.
@theUroshman6 жыл бұрын
Second that!
@williamhabel1643 Жыл бұрын
what tone. always magnificient
@fluffshepnetwork70672 жыл бұрын
What an awesome and unique rendition of a classic tune! Johnny Hodges is incredible!
@tunesofjazz11 жыл бұрын
This music ist great and timeless! Keep swinging!
@charlesbarry24853 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest alto players. For many years he was the voice of the greatest Jazz orchestra.
@docnshe10 жыл бұрын
Smoother than a Cashmeer Jock Strap .
@docnshe9 жыл бұрын
Classy music mmm
@edwarddesenne61533 жыл бұрын
A melodic and very swinging improvising soloist making you want to dance or dream romantically, in all senses never putting a foot wrong
@ellhnikoarxidi8 жыл бұрын
this upload is pure gold!thank you friend!may the chords be with you!
@wildbillhackett5 жыл бұрын
If I could play guitar like Johnny played sax, I'd be rich, famous, and dripping in women. Well, maybe not, but I'd still die a happy man.
@johnwhitehead3360 Жыл бұрын
And he certainly could swing Thank You
@faketrailermaker647 жыл бұрын
the face he makes when the trombone hits the last note is iconic
@mohamedalynasr20106 жыл бұрын
what a great saxophone player .we miss you all
@gprosser119 жыл бұрын
Johnny Hodges w/ Duke Ellington....All Of Me..
@MrGotac9 жыл бұрын
Those were the days.
@iccionesosnowitz3565 жыл бұрын
where arethe great jazzers of today, to give us something like this???
@alfredocorreia93852 ай бұрын
O LENDÁRIO "JOHNNY HODGES" FOI UM DOS MAIS CÉLEBRES SAX ALTO DA HISTÓRIA!!! DUKE ELLINGTON POR SUA VEZ ESTAVA PARA O JAZZ ASSIM COMO LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN PARA A MÚSICA CLÁSSICA!!!
@MidnightJazzer7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely way over the top, just tear'en it up ,,,,,with the Gerald Marks tune
@michaelwilcox51685 жыл бұрын
Sweet, with a twist of lime.
@williamsackelariou186010 ай бұрын
It the variety and at times really beautfull tone colors that JH gets from his sax that make his music so rewarding to listen to There were times on this number where it even soundeď like a womans voice Exquisite Tones
@jessykaiser63737 ай бұрын
I melt every time I hear this!
@reme6944 Жыл бұрын
01:05 Johnny Hodges' voice can be heard
@umbertodigrazia99507 жыл бұрын
JOHNNY HODGES il vero pilastro della band di DUKE ELLINGTON
@nathanverni91433 жыл бұрын
came for johnny hodges, stayed for the bass player. and that ending....
@hardwickmusic5 жыл бұрын
fantastic. man that drumming really is phenomenal
@hardwickmusic8 ай бұрын
who’s on bass?
@mikepuglia62268 ай бұрын
There's no John Coltrane without Johnny Hodges.
@robdikmann55777 жыл бұрын
i glissandi ascendenti...primato assoluto per Johnny H.per tutte le eternità future...
@ramseypietronasser25 жыл бұрын
So high tech, he wouldn't be out of place in a star ship
@zthetha10 жыл бұрын
They just don't make em like this any more. Apart from his awesome natural ability, technically and most importantly, musically, there was the lyrical eloquence of the era which gave an unrepeatable sweetness to Johnny's plating. To try and copy this today would not only be a musical fraud but also futile: we are not those kind of people any more so we substitute melody and harmony with dazzling pyrotechnics and hope nobody notices our deficiency. Maybe things will change... and the music will return.
@SuperGreenday229 жыл бұрын
I hope you know Johnny copied this type of "vocabulary," in order to build "vocabulary" for soloing, you need to copy from other players. As a non-musician you wouldn't understand this. Creatively, it might be original, such as the altissimo he played in this song. But, if you study him, he has similar "licks" that he plays when he solos.
@2dasimmons9 жыл бұрын
SuperGreenday22 This was a high spirit man who played straight from his soul like wonderful Duke Ellington. RIP Johnny Hodges and Duke Ellington!
@pycroft5 жыл бұрын
@@SuperGreenday22 wtf are you talking about ? Johnny Hodges copied no ' vocabulary ' . There was no such thing as jazz vocabulary before bebop , prior to that players were melodic improvisors . Johnny Hodges pretty much invented pre-bop alto sax .
@philpoop26928 ай бұрын
@@pycrofteveryone learns from someone else, like it or not. Hodges himself said he was influenced and inspired by Sidney Bechet, and you can hear it too. That doesn’t mean everybody’s a copycat, it just means that real recognizes real.
@budway19427 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@roudalimohamed36322 жыл бұрын
Écouter Hodge c'est un régal.
@sybman595 жыл бұрын
very very very interesting version
@RM-gm7lu7 жыл бұрын
Love those lines!!
@ikekungoane86846 жыл бұрын
Rich Mash tlz
@MrAnderswt8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@catherinemicoud57252 жыл бұрын
gréât johnny Hodges :-))
@CiscoFunk Жыл бұрын
La belleza en la ejecusión de Hodges siempre me cautivó...
@alanwitton59802 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful
@loumcconnell5033 жыл бұрын
Google up TheDuke Ellington Paris Concert 1963 ; Johnny Hodges does a bracket of 3 , ‘Sunny side of the Street, Star Crossed Lovers and ‘All of me’. that will knock your socks off !
@jeffco1112 жыл бұрын
1963 duke ellington Paris concert
@arnoldwegstern51243 жыл бұрын
Marvellous. But now, one of the world s leading talents on clarinet and sax is Martin Schmidt-Hahn. Take a look at his all of me. Let s hope, he will keep this kind of music alive !!
@babakmardani13173 жыл бұрын
Soulful!
@elviragonzalez72883 жыл бұрын
Buenisimo muchas gracias hermoso canta tu hijo
@alansouzacruz9704 жыл бұрын
Sax killer 🎼
@SaxMan426 Жыл бұрын
Johnny was the best!
@sergiopaim78842 жыл бұрын
Maravilhoso,,,,, 👍👍👍👍👍🎵
@allandunn14319 жыл бұрын
Pure silk!
@zman193712 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank s for posting this.
@robertragona89196 жыл бұрын
Jacob Zandman
@ohmorieiichi74702 жыл бұрын
さすが、名人芸。 秋葉原の大森栄一より Eiichi Ohmori from Akihabara Tokyo Japan
@051963mf10 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!
@unho1266 жыл бұрын
so effortless
@JustPassingThruu11 ай бұрын
Malcolm brought me here ok I think I like Jazz now lol
@johnmellish144511 жыл бұрын
There will never be anyone to come close to Johnny Hodges,he makes it look so easy,but it isnt!
@1rocknroy4 жыл бұрын
Probably only sax players can fully appreciate what a giant he was.
@rwessenbarbie10 жыл бұрын
Just great
@kennethabbott824811 ай бұрын
Good god, he was a great one.
@heavyshift18 ай бұрын
He was there at the start. He was there at the end….
@petermorningsnow5 жыл бұрын
I love these old fashioneds, got their lips on the horn before they reach reed.
@billstotts2346 Жыл бұрын
My most important influences on sax: Stan Getz, Paul Desmond, and Johnny Hodges. These men are outliers on sax voice.
@wanawara11111 жыл бұрын
Джони+контрабс - великое исполнение великой музки......
@flaviocarlocerea4605 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Woode fantastic
@miguelleiton36452 ай бұрын
Hola...!!!! Para mi la segunda version, que escucho desde niño, está mejor realizada, la tenia en 78 rpm..en disco JAZZ SOCIETY.....!!!!!
@budway19426 жыл бұрын
AND on new years eve 2018..
@IonPavel9 жыл бұрын
Super !
@Epilogued12 жыл бұрын
I don't know what it is, and I don't usually swear, but he is so fucking cool.
@glen69456 жыл бұрын
ooooohhhhhyes
@dasilvamedia12 жыл бұрын
Best ever! great to be the first english comment on this^^
@RAMLIA111 жыл бұрын
♥ ♥ ♥
@aloomushi9 жыл бұрын
johnny hodges:B
@wanawara11112 жыл бұрын
Джонни как всегда и везде , но контобас здесь одна прелесть.
@user-pn9yc7ut8y10 ай бұрын
Black gute feeling
@oliverb.13348 жыл бұрын
Great rendition of the song, liked King Curtis version as well.
@hremdldw7 жыл бұрын
As Dizzy Gillespie stated about Johnny Hodges he could moan a while .
@1maggotbrain6 жыл бұрын
Wow
@ryamdietzen71235 жыл бұрын
Homie must have just smoked a joint.
@poetryrry Жыл бұрын
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