Black Butterfly

Johnny Hodges

Berlin, Germany, 1969

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By the ’60s Duke Ellington would take to recording with artists that previously had been rivaling him. He would make records with John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins – and even jammed with Max Roach and Charles Mingus.

Personnel:

Johnny Hodges, sax
Duke Ellington, piano
Norris Turney, clarinet
Lawrence Brown, trombone
Chuck Connors, trombone
Buster Cooper, trombone
Johnny Hodges, sax
Russell Procope, sax
Paul Gonsalves, sax
Harold Ashby, sax
Harry Carney, sax
Victor Gaskin, bass

 

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