You can't bend a note more elegantly than Johnny Hodges | Passion Flower w/ Duke Ellington
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2022
- They don't make them like that anymore... so gentle, soft, elegant, ... Johnny Hodges could interpret a melody with so much style, I wanted to capture it as good as I can at least. "Passion Flower" is probably one of the most lydian or "sharp eleven" tunes I've heard, here performed by Duke Ellington on piano and Johnny Hodges on alto sax. Hauntingly mysterious and beautiful. Hope you dig.
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A giant. No sharp angles, no anger in his playing, yet a wealth of dynamic movements. Many thanks for sharing your work
anger?
I detected a hint of consternation in the E#
@@Johnwilkinsonofficial Some sax players growl and honk loudly
Johnny Hodges was never the world's most highly animated showman or greatest stage personality, but he had a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to the eyes.
WOW. WOW. WOW. Just astonishing. What a masterpiece. My grandmother used to say "No one can play a horn like Johnny Hodges." I didn't understand it at the time but after spending most of my horns listening on Coltrane, Parker, Rollins, Shorter etc, I fully appreciate what she meant.
One of my collegues a clarinetist in the orchestre once said to me : listen to this guy , je is a master of his instrument .
Love how lobsided his embochure is and how much he appears to be biting on the mouthpiece.
Really goes to show that a beautiful sound is primarily rooted in a great sense of hearing and conception of sound rather than correct technique or physical traits
Played with a double lip embouchure
I am a black metal guitarist, and this almost brought me to tears. I don't think I've ever heard anything so perfect and beautiful.
Check out,harveys tune, from super session album
I never heard this tune before. The harmony is beautiful. Thanks for all your hard work
It is indeed such a beautiful tune, certainly our cup of tea here with all them #11s ;) oh, and thanks!
Was introduced to Johnny Hodges via Isfahan. One of the most iconic, moving, and recognizable sax players besides Coltrane, imo.
This is so beautiful. That kind of tone I've never heard come from a Sax. It's like a human voice.
It’s very hard to play soft and nice. Such a inspiration
My old man loved this guy.
this is my favorite version of this song not many people have heard it, especially since his recording of it on the iTunes store is not like this at all. Im planning on playing it this fall at a jazz concert will do my best to recreate this magic whish me luck!
Excellent, musical, lyrical, one of the very best to ever play
Complete and absolute tonal and technical control.
Duke in the background, Johnny in the foreground, bass & drums in between... I can digg it
One of my favorite strayhorn compositions
A wonderful control from a great master of his instrument. One of the greatest ever.
hodges da 🐐 no 🧢
What.a treat to find and listen to this absolutely beautiful
He played with Ellington. More than good enough for me.
just beautiful
Beautiful, just beautiful
Unbelievably Fantastic!
Hypnotic!
Breathtaking!
Awesome❤️
Wow I love that
Just damn incredible
Hodges…. So great!
This fucking guy, holy shit dude. Phenomenal. So incredible
A true gentleman this Johnny Hodges!
Greatest sound of all time
People keep forgetting that it's not always about awesome technique, but having a great soul, feeling every note like if you were playing, and listening back to your own notes just a few milliseconds afterwards. You've got to hear what you are playing, not just throw notes out. There is more emotion and sexiness to each note like this :-) More dynamics and voice like response to the music. Well chosen piece to illustrate this. Great job on your awesome work on the channel btw!
Exactly, and thanks! :)
True, but this is very hard to play. you need excellent technique and control to do this
No one like him...EVER.
Technical issues aside, "Passion Flower" (written by Billy Strayhorn) by the Ellington band featuring Johnny Hodges is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded. Duke and Billy truly knew how to write and arrange for a particular performer, which is part of the Ellington "secret sauce" (genius). The definitive version, I believe, is from the "Blue Rose" album where the band teams up with Rosemary Clooney (George Clooney's aunt) and does one instrumental, the wonderful "Passion Flower".
Aw man!!
I’ve always heard a Hodges influence in Joshua Redman’s ballad playing.
I noticed he kinda moves the mouthpiece to the side whenever he enters the upper register, cool technique
for sure he was a cool cat:)
Damn.
He was the voice of the Duke Ellongton orchestra
When he died Duke took it badly.
WONDERFUL.....SO SHARPE AND DELICATE. EXTRAORDINARY MODULATION🤩😍👌🎯💯💎🎷🎼🎵🎶🎶🎵👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
See him "on the side?" Claude Humber did his mouthpice. Hodges might adjust to his facing? Mixture of both I think. Vibrato is fast.
Is this version on Spotify, if so can you link it
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
What year was this recording?
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which album on Spotify is this on?
Okay, in this video you can't see much, it's too dark. But I have seen loads of Hodges clips. What I don't grasp: JUST HOW does he do his glissando? I don't see any discernible movement of his lower jaw, and I never see his fingers lifted playing glissando. Did he do it with his tongue?? Does anybody know? Help!
In the two examples I've seen written out for this song for the opening chords are yes, dominant chords but with augmented 5ths like Eb7+ to D7+. I tried your chords and they don't seem to fit as well as the aug 5ths do. But since your name is "Sharp Eleven Music" who am I to argue?
From which DVD is this? Or was it an unreleased broadcast of some kind?
Not sure, found it here on CZcams only
@@SharpElevenMusic Thank you for your answer. I'll let you know if I ever find out!
A large man. A giant in fact. No rusty triangles, no angles that are sharp, yet a treasured amount of riches in his trajectory. No rage, no hostility, not even a hint of anger in his playing. I even detected a bit of mirth in the second F sharp played right before the repeated double tone of majestic harmony insinuated by deep childhood rejection. Simply a giant. A giant.
LMAO
Such beauty. I heard him him live many times in the 1960s. His sound live was so beautiful. It took him many years to perfect playing ballads like that. Also a great blues player, as exemplified on his jam session recording with Charlie Parker.
Terrific I saw the comment “no sharp angles… invisible to radar stealth 🥷