{"product_id":"rabbits-blues-the-life-and-music-of-johnny-hodges-9780190653903","title":"Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges","description":"In his eulogy of saxophonist Johnny Hodges (1907-70), Duke Ellington ended with the words, Never the world's most highly animated showman or greatest stage personality, but a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to the eyes--this was Johnny Hodges. This is Johnny Hodges. Hodges'\u003cbr\u003eunforgettable tone resonated throughout the jazz world over the greater part of the twentieth century. Benny Goodman described Hodges as by far the greatest man on alto sax that I ever heard, and Charlie Parker compared him to Lily Pons, the operatic soprano. As a teenager, Hodges developed his\u003cbr\u003eplaying style by imitating Sidney Bechet, the New Orleans soprano sax player, then honed it in late-night cutting sessions in New York and a succession of bands lead by Chick Webb, Willie The Lion Smith, and Luckey Roberts. In 1928 he joined Duke Ellington, beginning an association that would\u003cbr\u003econtinue, with one interruption, until Hodges' death. Hodges' celebrated technique and silky tone marked him then, and still today, as one of the most important and influential saxophone players in the history of jazz. As the first ever biography on Johnny Hodges, \u003cem\u003eRabbit's Blues\u003c\/em\u003e details his place\u003cbr\u003eas one of the premier artists of the alto sax in jazz history, and his role as co-composer with Ellington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Con Chapman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190653903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCon Chapman's\u003c\/strong\u003e work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic, The Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e, and his writings on jazz have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe American Bystander\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Boston Herald\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrilliant Corners\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of two novels, thirty-two stage plays, fifty books of humor, and \u003cem\u003eThe Year\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eof the Gerbil\u003c\/em\u003e, a history of the 1978 Red Sox-Yankees pennant race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40455034962035,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_57de36ba-a50e-495c-a427-e270e7aee032.jpg?v=1663679471","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/rabbits-blues-the-life-and-music-of-johnny-hodges-9780190653903","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}