Johnny Hodges
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American alto saxophonist (1907–1970)
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The paths of Johnny Hodges (John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges, nicknames: "Rabbit", "Jeep". b. July 25, 1907, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, d. May 11, 1970) and Duke Ellington are eternally intertwined. While Hodges is now universally acknowledged as one of the seminal alto saxophonists in jazz he was, at times, overlooked as an artist in his own right; somehow hidden in the penumbra of The Duke Ellington Orchestra, for which Mr. Hodges was the lead alto player for many decades (doubling on sopran
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cornelius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Place of death
- New York City
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Verve Records
- Image
- Johnny Hodges edit.jpg
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- Johnny Hodges
- date of birth
- 1907-07-25
- date of death
- 1970-05-11
- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Johnny Hodges
- pseudonym
- Johnny Hodges
- birth name
- John Cornelius Hodges
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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