Side by Side (Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges album)

Side by Side
Studio album by Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges
Released	1959
Recorded	August 14, 1958 – Nola Studios, New York City February 20, 1959 -Columbia Studios, New York
Genre	jazz
Length	45:45
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Duke Ellington chronology
Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (1959) Side by Side (1959) Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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Although it is billed as a Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges album, Side by Side is a 1959 album mostly under the leadership of Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington's alto saxophonist for many years. Ellington only appears on three of this album's tracks. The album places Hodges at the fore, backing him with piano by Ellington or Billy Strayhorn and providing other accompaniment by well-known jazz figures like Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Jo Jones. The album, a follow-up to the popular Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues, has remained perpetually in print.

These tracks were recorded February 26, 1959

These tracks were recorded August 14, 1958

Nat Hentoff – liner notes

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