Used to Be Duke
Studio album by
Johnny Hodges
ReleasedOctober 1956 (1956-10)[1]
Recorded2 July and 5 August 1954
GenreJazz
Length38:21
LabelNorgran - MGM 1060
ProducerNorman Granz
Johnny Hodges chronology
In a Tender Mood
(1955) 		Used to Be Duke
(1956) 		The Blues
(1956)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "Used to Be Duke" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:24
  2. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:59
  3. "Sweet as Bear Meat" (Hodges) - 3:22
  4. "Madam Butterfly" (Jimmy Hamilton, Hodges) - 3:17
  5. "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington) - 3:24
  6. 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

References

  1. ^ a b "October Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. October 6, 1956. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Used to Be Duke at AllMusic
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