Used to Be Duke explained

Used to Be Duke
Type:studio
Artist:Johnny Hodges
Cover:Used to Be Duke.jpg
Recorded:2 July and 5 August 1954
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:21
Label:Norgran - MGM 1060
Producer:Norman Granz
Prev Title:In a Tender Mood
Prev Year:1955
Next Title:The Blues
Next Year: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]

Reception

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."

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

The ballad medley on the Spotify release and some vinyl copies has been printed wrong, mixing up some tunes and excluding "all of me" which is titled as "Poor Butterfly" on the Spotify release, the correct list is as follows:

Autumn in New York,Sweet Loraine,Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,If You Were Mine,Poor Butterfly,All Of Me

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: October Album Releases . October 6, 1956. . 18 June 2020 . The Cash Box Publishing Co. . New York.

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