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Portrait of Johnny Hodges, Pt. I (Podcast #18-020)
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“As a youngster, Johnny Hodges was a saxophonist in Boston whose style, in the estimation of all other alto saxophonists, was unique. Even now, I have never yet met and don’t know of a saxophonist who didn’t say he was knocked out by Johnny Hodges”
-Duke Ellington, Music is my Mistress
Mark Sowlakis‘ blog post on Johnny Hodges, which features several transcriptions, can be found at this link
Birth record for Cornelius Hodge
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