JOHNNY HODGES AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Used to Be Duke (1954-2009) Verve Originals | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Recorded during his five year "vacation" from Duke Ellington's orchestra, this Johnny Hodges set features his band sticking mostly to standards. With trumpeter Harold "Shorty" Baker, trombonist Lawrence Brown, baritonist Harry Carney, pianist Call Cobbs, or Richie Powell, bassist John Williams, drummer Louis Bellson, and either Jimmy Hamilton or John Coltrane (who unfortunately does not solo) on tenor, 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. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Used To Be Duke 7'22
Written By – Johnny Hodges
2    On The Sunny Side Of The Street 2'58
Written By – Dorothy Fields, James Francis McHugh
3    Sweet As Bear Meat3'21
Written By – Johnny Hodges
4    Madam Butterfly 3'16
Written By – Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges
5    Warm Valley 3'23
Written By – Edward Kennedy Ellington, Sidney Keith Russell
6    Medley: 1. Autumn In New York - 2. Sweet Lorraine, mistitled on CD as: Autumn in New York 3'37
Written By – 1. Vernon Duke / 2. Clifford R. Burwell, Mitchell Parish
7    Medley: 3. Time On My Hands (You In My Arms), mistitled on CD as: Sweet Lorraine 2'04
Written By – Mack Gordon, Harold Campbell Adamson, Vincent Millie Youmans
8    Medley: 4. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, mistitled on CD as: Time On My Hands 2'13
Written By – Jerome David Kern, Otto Harbach
9    Medley: 5. If You Were Mine, mistitled on CD as: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 4'02
Written By – Johnny Mercer / Matthew Michael Malneck
10    Medley: 6. Poor Butterfly, mistitled on CD as: If You Were Mine 2'52
Written By – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
11    Medley: 7. All Of Me, mistitled on CD as: Poor Butterfly 3'05
Written By – Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney (pistas: 1, 4 to 11)
Bass – John Williams
Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton (pistas: 1, 9)
Drums – Louis Bellson
Piano – Call Cobbs (pistas: 1 to 5), Richard Powell (pistas: 6 to 11)
Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton (pistas: 4, 5)
Trombone – Lawrence Brown
Trumpet – Harold Baker