Used to Be Duke

Used to Be Duke is a studio album by Johnny Hodges, accompanied by members of Duke Ellington's orchestra, released by Norgran Records in October 1956.^[1][2]

Used to Be Duke
Studio album by Johnny Hodges
Released	October 1956 (1956-10)[1]
Recorded	2 July and 5 August 1954
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:21
Label	Norgran - MGM 1060
Producer	Norman Granz
Johnny Hodges chronology
In a Tender Mood (1955) Used to Be Duke (1956) The Blues (1956)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Scott Yanow on AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, commenting "Hodges had a particularly strong group. High points include 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', the title track and a seven-song ballad medley."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Used to Be Duke" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:24
2. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:59
3. "Sweet as Bear Meat" (Hodges) - 3:22
4. "Madam Butterfly" (Jimmy Hamilton, Hodges) - 3:17
5. "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington) - 3:24
6. Ballad medley: "Autumn In New York"/"Sweet Lorraine"/"Time On My Hands"/"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"/"If You Were Mine"/"Poor Butterfly" (Vernon Duke)/(Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish)/(Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon)/(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)/(Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer)/(Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 17:55

{Revised}

The ballad medley on the Spotify release and some vinyl copies has been printed wrong, mixing up some tunes and excluding "all of me" which is titled as "Poor Butterfly" on the Spotify release, the correct list is as follows:

Autumn in New York, Sweet Loraine, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, If You Were Mine, Poor Butterfly, All Of Me

Personnel

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Shorty Baker - trumpet
• Lawrence Brown - trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6)
• John Coltrane - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• Call Cobbs Jr. (tracks 1-5), Richie Powell (track 6) - piano
• John "Buddy" Williams - double bass
• Louie Bellson - drums