@@simonoram1809bird played ballads like bird. It was legendary and it was recognizable and it was indisputably bird. But he didn’t sound like Johnny. If you have a recording of Bird playing where he sounds like Johnny please share.
This was very special music back during the Harlem Renaissance. As a class project we had to find a poem and a song that matches it to present to the class, that was made during the harlem renaissance. We chose Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomer and this son.g the poem talks about how a womans attraction is like electricity conducting through his body, like the lamp posts and bright sings in Harlem on a foggy night.So to me this song is about passion, that the people had during that time.
Johnny Hodges masters the instrument to the improbable with glissando from out of space into the heavenly - with a sensitive tone tending the extremely beautiful expression 👏 This is - indeed - true Art -
This song is so hauntingly beautiful…I feel it deep in my soul. It feels like I’m taking a walk alone during autumn in Virginia when the leaves have changed colors and a warm breeze blows strong. Longing for her to be next to me.
Amazing expressive control! Wild composition, too. With those "altered" scales a half step apart. (Really C# melodic minor over F#7b5 and same thing down a half step down on the "answering" bar.
Strayhorn who wrote this and many compositions for Duke. Had no problem letting Duke be the face of his music because of his sexuality. And Duke had no problem giving him credit for his work. Hodges was able to blend in a smooth soft style of playing that fit perfectly with those musical compositions.
You can play this pretty and swing . Listen too Johnny long tones .. Johnny Hodges ,Benny Carter , Charlie Parker and Phil Woods that it for me their are other Alto Sax players I like ,these 4 greats are my favorites .
Johnny Hodges was fabulous; the Duke Ellington orchestra in many ways created him. Is there a book about how Ellington managed his players, who must have had gargantuan egos?
@arias4me I think you might like the 1964 orchestrated version from the CD "At Basin Street East: Duke Ellington and Orchestra" even more. You can hear that version with a search for "Jazz In Bloom: May Flowers" and search for the song (or Billy Strayhorn) on the page. The backing band adds a lot. Too bad no video.
He was so relaxed, he used to look at the audience for their reaction , multi - tasking -even counting the numbers of those who walked out during his solos was his answer to that remark
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Lot's a great technicians out there who can play fast and do saxophone gymnastics, but NOBODY could play a ballad like Johnny.
Bird could
@@simonoram1809 No, Bird could not. He was too young and anxious.
@@simonoram1809bird played ballads like bird. It was legendary and it was recognizable and it was indisputably bird. But he didn’t sound like Johnny. If you have a recording of Bird playing where he sounds like Johnny please share.
The entire concert in Copenhagen in 67' was a Masterclass; each performance was original, never played before and after again.
So melancholic. Coziness in a blanket of sadness
it's adoration and sweet tenderness
This was very special music back during the Harlem Renaissance. As a class project we had to find a poem and a song that matches it to present to the class, that was made during the harlem renaissance. We chose Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomer and this son.g the poem talks about how a womans attraction is like electricity conducting through his body, like the lamp posts and bright sings in Harlem on a foggy night.So to me this song is about passion, that the people had during that time.
Bravo to you and your teacher. Toomer and Hodges were the pinnacle of each art, utterly timeless, the poem and the solo.
Johnny Hodges masters the instrument to the improbable with glissando from out of space into the heavenly - with a sensitive tone tending the extremely beautiful expression 👏 This is - indeed - true Art -
What tone! Incredible. Proof that all those hours of long tones works.
The most beautiful alto sound ever produced, and a master of the glissando.
This song is so hauntingly beautiful…I feel it deep in my soul. It feels like I’m taking a walk alone during autumn in Virginia when the leaves have changed colors and a warm breeze blows strong. Longing for her to be next to me.
Johnny Hodges had a vibrato that you could pour over pancakes.
What an awesome saying 😂 never heard that but so true nonetheless
Ineffably beautiful.
C'est ,un vrai délice .Quel Saxophoniste .Hum hum hum. c'est classe . Merci pour ce petit coucou 💥💜💎💞🙋🐦😇😉🔑
Amazing lesson in putting the expression in the sound without the extras. Flawless!
Fantastic tone control, and a great performer
This is incredible!
WOW
Doesn't get any better than this.
"Gorgeous" song. I love you Duke💖!!!
Absolutely beautiful!
this is the greatest song of all time! It sums up love and all the different emotions that go with it in just over two minutes
I remember the 60th at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, a great experience for me as a young musician, unforgettable!
Inspiring rendition .
One of my favorite songs to sing... !
Astounding and incredible.
goose bumps, so great
The greatest to ever pick up the instrument!
Beautiful
Fabulous Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges tenía en su rostro la expresión de un taxista veterano, pero su música es celestial.
That's the most sublime 3 minutes I think I've ever experienced. Vivaldi has an adagio that is similarly brief and sublime.
Amazing expressive control! Wild composition, too. With those "altered" scales a half step apart. (Really C# melodic minor over F#7b5 and same thing down a half step down on the "answering" bar.
Thanks I will look at this. Just now adding this to my repertoire.
It's supposed to sound mysterious and very moody, as something from the dreams.
Brilliant
excellent
that just haunted me
Strayhorn who wrote this and many compositions for Duke. Had no problem letting Duke be the face of his music because of his sexuality. And Duke had no problem giving him credit for his work. Hodges was able to blend in a smooth soft style of playing that fit perfectly with those musical compositions.
i just learned how to play this on my alto :) . its a little different but its still by johnny hodges
You can play this pretty and swing . Listen too Johnny long tones .. Johnny Hodges ,Benny Carter , Charlie Parker and Phil Woods that it for me their are other Alto Sax players I like ,these 4 greats are my favorites .
We are in agreement, except my 4th is Eric Dolphy, not Phil (Did not just trash Phil!!!!!)
Johnny Hodges was fabulous; the Duke Ellington orchestra in many ways created him. Is there a book about how Ellington managed his players, who must have had gargantuan egos?
No. 1 He payed well.
The players were his instrument
@arias4me I think you might like the 1964 orchestrated version from the CD "At Basin Street East: Duke Ellington and Orchestra" even more. You can hear that version with a search for "Jazz In Bloom: May Flowers" and search for the song (or Billy Strayhorn) on the page. The backing band adds a lot. Too bad no video.
mysteriously bending
Still here
❤❤❤❤
Che musica....
nice
Jesus Christ Almighty!
No need word!
Le sommet du chic.
this is superb how ca we download
rip
May I please post this on my Facebook!
Great take! Anybody has the version with voice and big band in the midle? Anybody remembers the name of the female singer?
Johnny Hodges のサックスプレイヤーとして脂の乗った期間の中でも､規範になるような演奏ですね。出戻りの軋轢のあとだとしてもDuke Ellington とのコンタクトは手馴れたものを感じます。
SLOW BUT GOOD
Better than this on alto saxophone?
I Don't Know
Do you?
Charlie Mariano on Mingus's 1963 recording of "Celia" is great {:^}
The rabbit.
God
It's too short...let the flower live hehe
1.964...
Anyone know where this was recorded and what year?
1967 in Copenhagen.
If you swapped his alto with a cigarette the same thing would come out. Makes it sound so easy.
Billy Strayhorn music.
What's so funny is that he looks so uninterested in what he's doing.
David O'Brien II that's why they called him The Rabbit
He was so relaxed, he used to look at the audience for their reaction , multi - tasking -even counting the numbers of those who walked out during his solos was his answer to that remark
Jesus Christ Almighty!