Used to Be Duke

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]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Shorty Baker - trumpet
Lawrence Brown - trombone
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6)
John Coltrane - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
Call Cobbs Jr. (tracks 1-5), Richie Powell (track 6) - piano
John "Buddy" Williams - double bass
Louie Bellson - drums

References

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

v t e Johnny Hodges
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Castle Rock (1951–52) In a Tender Mood (1951–52) The Blues (1952–54) Used to Be Duke (1954) Creamy (1955) Duke's in Bed (1956) Ellingtonia '56 (1956) The Big Sound (1957) Blues A-Plenty (1958) Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin (1958) Not So Dukish (1958) Side by Side (and Duke Ellington, 1958–59) Back to Back (and Duke Ellington, 1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Blue Hodge (1961) Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (1961) Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963–64) Sandy's Gone (1963) Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963) Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964–65) Blue Pyramid (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965–66) Con-Soul & Sax (1965–66) Inspired Abandon (and Lawrence Brown, 1965) Joe's Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1965) Wings & Things (nd Wild Bill Davis, 1965) Blue Notes (1966) Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966) Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Swing's Our Thing (and Earl Hines, 1967) Triple Play (1967) Rippin' & Runnin' (1968) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With others	Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (and Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, 1962) Joya Sherrill Sings Duke (Joya Sherrill, 1965) Cue for Saxophone (Billy Strayhorn, 1959) Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959) Duke with a Difference (Clark Terry, 1957)
Duke Ellington discography

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