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Johnny Hodges

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Jazz

Johnny Hodges is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Benny Carter, Billy Strayhorn, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Hodges arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Hank Mobley, Duke Ellington and Lee Konitz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane, Ben Webster, Phil Woods and Andrew Bird, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Johnny Hodges, reaching back through Benny Carter and forward to John Coltrane Quartet. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Johnny HodgesBenny CarterBilly StrayhornSidney BechetDuke EllingtonBenny GoodmanCharlie ParkerJohn ColtraneOliver NelsonJohn Coltrane QuartetJohn ColtraneBen WebsterPhil WoodsAndrew BirdColeman HawkinsCount BasieHank MobleyDuke EllingtonLee KonitzFreddie HubbardBenny CarterThe Nat King Cole Trio

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Johnny Hodges connections

Johnny Hodges grew out of Benny Carter, Billy Strayhorn, Sidney Bechet and Duke Ellington, shares an orbit with Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Hank Mobley and Duke Ellington, went on to shape John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane, Ben Webster and Phil Woods. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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