{"product_id":"duke-ellingtonm-and-johnny-hodges-side-by-side","title":"Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Side By Side","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Norman Granz signed Johnny Hodges to a recording contract in 1951, it was a prelude to Hodges' leaving the Duke Ellington orchestra to lead his own small band. Four years later Hodges was back in the Ellington fold, but he continued to record for Granz under his own name. \u003cem\u003eSide By Side,\u003c\/em\u003e recorded in 1958 and 1959, is a throwback to the small-group sessions Ellington recorded with Hodges and other members of his orchestra in the Thirties, but with a couple of important differences: the absence of Duke Ellington himself on several cuts (with Billy Strayhorn taking over on piano), and the presence of such notable non-Ellingtonians as drummer Jo Jones and trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/72F6HNW2OCw0TVtuwcgPuk?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Verve Records, UMe\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Acoustic Sounds Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2025 \/ Original Release: 1959\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Swing, Post Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve \/ Acoustic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45396945961118,"sku":"602475736066","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/side_by_side_artwork-copy.jpg?v=1746524866","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/duke-ellingtonm-and-johnny-hodges-side-by-side","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}