DUKE ELLINGTON AND JOHNNY HODGES - Side By Side (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) JLS They are all bangers and

They are all bangers and because of the wealth of material

some dark magic and alchemy

but Chaz quickly proved his versatility with 2011’s Underneath the Pine

Producer Lee Hazlewood called it hippie-billy

the band have been branded as a BBC 6 Music’s artist tip of the year 2024 on Tom Robinson’s New Year’s Day show

DUKE ELLINGTON AND JOHNNY HODGES - Side By Side (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) JLS They are all bangers andLP Verves Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180 gram black vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. When 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. Side By Side, recorded in 1958 and 1959,