Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges Back To Back (Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues)

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• This is among the finest Ellington small group sides. The predominantly blues repertoire is the perfect setting for Sweets and Hodges to open out, with Duke getting a simpler, but no less forceful rhythm section backing than he did in his own band, notes Jazzwise. Hodges does some of the most soulful playing of his career here.

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