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Musiker: Hodges, Johnny
Nationalität: US
Geburtsjahr: 1906
Todesjahr: 1970
Instrumente: as cl ss
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Billy Strayhorn — 1950
Ellington Ochestra
W. Rothmund Zürich
 Johnny Hodges & . . — 1950
W. Rothmund Zürich
Johnny Hodges — 1946
William P. Gottlieb
 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra — 1939
Anvers, Belgien, Bahnhof
Hans Philippi Basel
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra — 1939
Anvers, Belgien, Bahnhof
Hans Philippi Basel
 Johnny Hodges — 1939
Anvers, Belgien, Bahnhof
Hans Philippi Basel

     

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 Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret  —  Titel
LabelLabel-NummerAufnahme-Jahr 
XAl Sears and his Orchestra  —  Al Sears and his OrchestraVogue ProductionsL.D. 0741951LP
 Barney Bigard  —  An Introduction To Barney Bigard - His Best Recordings 1928-1941Best Of Jazz40281928-41CD
 Barney Bigard  —  Jazz Archives No. 12EPM1585021929-45CD
 Barney Bigard and his Jazzopaters (Side 1) - Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra (Side 2)  —  JAZZ POUR TOUS 10PhilipsP 07.876 R1936-40LP
 Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges  —  CaravanPhilipsP 07.876 R*1936-40LP
 Ben Webster  —  "Ben" A Tribute To A Great JazzmanJazz ArchivesJA-151936-45LP
 Ben Webster  —  Ben WebsterMusica Jazz2 MJP 10681934-1968LP
 Ben Webster  —  Ben WebsterPlanet Jazz74321 65368 21932-58CD
 Ben Webster  —  Cadillac SlimHistory20.1964-HI1934-49CD
 Ben Webster  —  CottontailBMG Records07863-66790-21934-44CD
 Ben Webster  —  He played it that WayIAJRCiajrc 201943-1969LP
 Ben Webster  —  Jazz Masters 43Verve525 431-21951-59CD
XBenny Carter and The Metronome All-Stars  —  BENNY CARTER 1945Queen DiscQ-0091940-47LP
 Benny Goodman  —  King Of Swing - Benny Goodman 1937-38 Jazz ConcertsCBSCBS 66420 -- 54127/28, 54129/301937-38LP
 Benny Goodman  —  LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALLCBSCBS 450983-21938CD
 Benny Goodman  —  LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALLCBSCBS 450983 21938CD
XBenny Goodman  —  LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALLColumbia402441938LP
 Benny Goodman  —  Swingtime with Benny GoodmanHistoriaH-6231935-39LP
 Benny Goodman  —  SWINGTIME WITH BENNY GOODMAN 1935 - 1939JOKERSM 30571935-39LP
 Benny Goodman  —  THE FAMOUS 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERTCBS662021938LP
XBenny Goodman  —  The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz ConcertCBS66202*1938LP
 Benny Goodman  —  THE FAMOUS 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERTPhilipsB 07000 L* / B 07001 L*1938LP
 Benny Goodman  —  THE FAMOUS 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERTPhilipsB 07000 L / B 07001 L1938LP
 Benny Goodman  —  THE FAMOUS CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERT 1938, Vol.1ColumbiaCL 8141938LP
 Benny Goodman  —  THE FAMOUS CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERT 1938, Vol.2ColumbiaCL 8151938LP
 Benny Goodman & his Orchestra  —  Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol.1PhilipsB 47020 L1938LP
 Benny Goodman & his Orchestra  —  LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALLCBSCBS 450983 11938LP
 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra  —  The Famous 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERT (Box mit 2 LP's)ColumbiaSL 160 (Box)1938LP
 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra  —  The Famous 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERT Volume 1ColumbiaML 43581938LP
 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra / Quartet  —  THIS IS BENNY GOODMANRCA VictorVPM-6040/1-21935-39LP
 Bill Coleman Buster Bailey  —  The Cradle of Jazz Cuttin' outHistory20.3017-HI1924-42CD
 Billie Holiday  —  "The Golden Years" Volume IIColumbiaC3L 401935-42LP
 Billie Holiday  —  'Lady Day'Saga EroERO 80141937-1946LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Guess Who ?Two Flats DiscTFD 5.0061935-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady DayColumbia6371935 - 1937LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady DayColumbiaCL 6371935-37LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady DayColumbiaCL 637*1935-37LP
 Billie Holiday  —  LADY DAY - me, myself and iRaretoneRTR 240111935-1939LP
 Billie Holiday  —  rare recordings from the golden years VOLUME 4Queen DiscQ-0681935-39LP
XBillie Holiday  —  THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOLUME 1CBS682281933-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume ICBS68228*1933-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume IICBS682291935-41LP
XBillie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume IIColumbiaPG 321241935-41LP
 Billie Holiday  —  THE GOLDEN YEARS Record 1CBS / Columbia62037 / C3L 21 (CL 1758)1933-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  THE GOLDEN YEARS VOLUME 2CBS62814 / 62815 / 628161935-42LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #1CBSCBS 450987 21933-35CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #2CBSCBS 460060 21936CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #4CBSCDCBS-463333 12 A31937CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential Volume 4CBSCBS 463333 21937CD
 Billie Holiday  —  Volume 14 - 1944-1945 - Complete EditionMédia 7MJCD 1411944-45CD
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  BILLIE HOLIDAY'S GREATEST HITSCBSCL 26661935-41LP
 Billie Holiday With Lester Young  —  Lady Day & Prez 1937-1941Giants Of JazzCD 02181937-1941CD
 Billie Holiday, Lester Young  —  Lady Day & Pres New York 1937-1941Frémeaux & AssociésFA0131935-1939CD
 Billie Holiday, Lester Young  —  Lady Day & Pres New York 1937-1941Frémeaux & AssociésFA0031937-1941CD
 Billy Holiday  —  This is JazzColumbiaCK 646221935-58CD
 Billy Holiday  —  Volume 2 1936-1937Média 7MJCD 111936-37CD
 Billy Strayhorn / Duke Ellington ans his Orchestra  —  BILLY STRAYHORNMusica Jazz2 MJP 10551945-64LP
 Billy Strayhorn and Big Band  —  BILLY STRAYHORNI grandi del JazzGdj 231958LP
 Billy Strayhorn and his Orchestra  —  Billy Strayhorn LiveRoulette RecordsSRCP30011958LP
 Billy Strayhorn And His Orchestra  —  Lush LifeRed Baron472206 21958CD
 Billy Strayhorn and his Orchestra  —  Lush Life: The Billy Strayhorn SongbookVerve314 529 908-21958CD
 Billy Strayhorn Septet  —  CUE FOR SAXOPHONEMaster Jazz RecordsMJR 81161959LP
 Billy Strayhorn Septet  —  Cue For Saxophone / Billy Strayhorn's SeptetAffinityAFF 1661958LP
 Billy Strayhorn Septet  —  Cue For Saxophone / Billy Strayhorn's SeptetFelsted RecordsFAJ 70081958LP
 Billy Strayhorn's Septet  —  Cue for SaxophoneFelstedSJA 20081959LP
 Billy Strayhorn's Septet  —  Cue for SaxophoneVocalionLAE 5861959LP
 Billy Taylor  —  Taylor Made JazzFresh Sound RecordsARGO1957LP
 Billy Taylor  —  Taylor Made JazzFresh Sound RecordsFSR-CD 1111957CD
 Billy Taylor  —  Taylor Made JazzFresh Sound RecordsARGO*1957LP
 Bing Crosby with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra  —  St. Louis Blues / Creole Love CallColumbiaCol DX8981932SH
 Booty Wood All Stars  —  BOOTYColumbia13421960LP
 Buster Bailey  —  An Introduction to Buster Bailey - His Best Recordings 1924-1942Best Of Jazz40381924-42CD
 Charlie Parker  —  Jam SessionVerve26830431952LP
 Charlie Parker  —  THE PARKER JAM SESSIONVerve2683 0431952LP
 Clark Terry  —  CruisingMilestone Records68.1821957 - 1959LP
 Clark Terry  —  CruisingMilestone RecordsM-470321957-59LP
 Clark Terry  —  DUKE WITH A DIFFERENCERiversideOJC-229 / RLP-11081957LP
 Clark Terry  —  Duke with a differenceRiversideRLP 12-2461957LP
 Coleman Hawkins  —  Alive! At The VillageVerve513 755-21962CD
 Coleman Hawkins  —  Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947Mosaic RecordsMD8-2511922-1947CD
 Coleman Hawkins And Duke Ellington  —  Duke Ellington Meets Coleman HawkinsABC RecordsC60-102641962LP
 Coleman Hawkins And Ellington Duke  —  Duke Ellington Meets Coleman HawkinsEMI RecordsCLP 16441962LP
 Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges  —  ALIVE! AT THE VILLAGE GATE !Verve2352 148 oder 2332 0661962LP
 Cootie Williams  —  An Introduction To Cootie WilliamsBest Of Jazz40181930-43CD
 Cootie Williams and his Orchestras  —  COOTIE AND THE BOYS FROM HARLEMTAXm-8005 LP
 Cootie Williams and his Orchestras  —  COOTIE AND THE BOYS FROM HARLEMTAXTax m-8005 LP
 Cootie Williams and his Orchestras  —  Cootie And The Boys From HarlemTAXm-8005*1937-40LP
 Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters  —  Cootie And His Rug Cutters 1937/40TAXm-8011*1937-40LP
 Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters  —  COOTIE WILLIAMSAABB1939-40LP
 Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters  —  COOTIE WILLIAMSXXYY1937-39LP
XCootie Williams and his Rug Cutters / The Gotham Stompers  —  COOTIE 1937/40Taxm-80111937-40LP
 Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters / The Gotham Stompers  —  COOTIE 1937/40TaxTax m-80111937-40LP
 Count Basie (Side 1) - Duke Ellington (Side 2)  —  HEADS OF STATEaccordSN-72001946-59LP
 Count Basie - Duke Ellington  —  INCONTROCBSRB 141961LP
 Count Basie / Duke Ellington  —  Verve JAZZ BOOK, Record 5Verve2367 0261959-66LP
 Count Basie and Duke Ellington  —  BASIE MEETS ELLINGTONEmbassy310551961LP
 Count Basie and his Orchestra (Side 1) - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra ( Side 2)  —  GREAT JAZZ MUSICMusidisc30 JA 51571940LP
 Della Reese w. Duke Ellington Orchestra  —  Live Guard SessionJazz BandEBCD 2110-21962/64CD
XDinah Washington  —  Sings The BluesGrand AwardG.A. 33-3181944 - 45LP
XDinah Washington (Side 1) - Betty Roche (Side 2)  —  Sings the BLUESColumbia / Golden Guinea / Grand Award125 / GGL 0366 / GA 2641944-45LP
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 Lester Young  —  The Lester Young Story Vol.1CBSLP
 Lester Young  —  The Lester Young Story Vol.1CBSLP
"G" for groove Duke Ellington  —  THE PRIVATE COLLECTION VOLUME THREEWEA MusicLP
(All of a sudden) My heart sings Duke Ellington  —  D.E.T.S. Treasury Show # 4D.E.T.S. (Phontastic)LP
(All of a sudden) My heart sings Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 4D.E.T.S.LP
(All of a sudden) My heart sings Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Ellington FantasiesHarmonyLP
(All of a sudden) my heart sings Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  MIDNIGHT IN PARISColumbiaLP
(Hush now) Don't explain Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  JAZZ AT The Plaza VOL. llColumbiaLP
(Magazine suite) Downbeat shuffle Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 17D.E.T.S.LP
(Magazine suite) Esquire swank Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 17D.E.T.S.LP
(Magazine suite) Metronome-all-out Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 17D.E.T.S.LP
(Portrait of) Bojangles Duke Ellington  —  The DUKE ELLINGTON CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTSPrestigeLP
(Portrait of) Bojangles Duke Ellington  —  The DUKE ELLINGTON CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTSPrestigeLP
(Portrait of) Bojangles Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  The DUKE ELLINGTON CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS, January 1943 (Album mit 3 LP's)PrestigeLP
(Theme) Sepia panorama - Stompy Jones Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra  —  FARGO ENCORESJazz GuildLP
(Theme) Sepia panorama - Stompy Jones Duke Ellington  —  Fargo EncoresPhontasticLP
(Theme) Sepia panorama there shall be no night Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra  —  FARGO ENCORESJazz GuildLP
(Theme) Sepia panorama there shall be no night Duke Ellington  —  Fargo EncoresPhontasticLP
(There is) No greater love Duke Ellington  —  A Duke Ellington AnthologyCBSLP
(There is) No greater love Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra  —  THE ELLINGTON ERA 1927-1940 Volume 2, Record 2 (Box mit 3LP's)ColumbiaLP
(There is) No greater love Duke Ellington and his Orchestra / Rex Stewart and his 52nd Street Stompers  —  The complete Duke Ellington Vol.7 1936 -1937CBSLP
(What did i do to be so) Black and blue Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  "HOT IN HARLEM" VOL. 2 (1928-1929)MCA RecordsLP
(What did i do to be so) Black and blue Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  The Duke in Harlem 1926-30Ace of HeartsLP
(What did i do to be so) Black and blueXDuke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  THE DUKE IN HARLEM 1926-30Ace of HeartsLP
11.60 P.M. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  BROADWAYGALAGiants Of JazzLP
11.60 P.M. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  BROADWAYGALAGiants Of JazzLP
11:60 PM Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 31D.E.T.S.LP
18 carrots for rabbit Gerry Mulligan  —  Verve Jazz No. 6Metro RecordsLP
18 carrots for Rabbit Gerry Mulligan - Johnny Hodges  —  GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS JOHNNY HODGESVerveLP
18 carrots for Rabbit Gerry Mulligan - Johnny Hodges  —  GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS JOHNNY HODGESVerveLP
310 BluesXJohnny Hodges and Orchestra  —  Everybody knows JOHNNY HODGESImpulseLP
310 Blues Johnny Hodges and Orchestra  —  EVERYBODY KNOWS JOHNNY HODGESImpulseLP
310 Blues Johnny Hodges and Orchestra  —  Everybody knows JOHNNY HODGESImpulseLP
4:30 BluesXDuke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  DUKE ELLINGTON'S 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERTUnited Artists RecordsLP
4:30 Blues Duke Ellington  —  Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday ConcertSolid State RecordsLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington  —  The Unbooted CharacterSwing TreasuryLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  The Uncollected Volume 2Hindsight RecordsLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE DUKE'S - RETURN TO THE ZANZIBARJoyce MusicLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  Duke Ellington 1946-1947PrimaLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  THE RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS VOL.2London RecordsLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  The Uncollected Volume 2DeccaLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 16D.E.T.S.LP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 30D.E.T.S.LP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 36D.E.T.S.LP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 44D.E.T.S.LP
9:20 special Duke Ellington  —  The Unbooted CharacterSwing TreasuryLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE DUKE'S - RETURN TO THE ZANZIBARJoyce MusicLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Aquarium Restaurant NYC (October 1946)Fanfare RecordsLP
9:20 special Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  The Uncollected Volume 2DeccaLP
A woman and a man Duke Ellington  —  1947-1952 Recorded Works In Chronological OrderCBSLP
A & R Blues Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis  —  MESS OF BLUESVerveLP
A beautiful friendship Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  ELLINGTON '66RepriseLP
A beautiful friendship Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  ELLINGTON '66RepriseLP
A Blues Serenade Duke Ellington  —  The Duke's Men #2 Small GroupsColumbiaCD
A Blues Serenade Duke Ellington  —  The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And Okeh Small Group Sessions (7 x CD's)Mosaic RecordsCD
A Blues Serenade Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
A blues serenade Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTON 1938The Smithsonian CollectionLP
A blues serenade Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTON 1936-1940GardeniaLP
A blues serenade Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTON 1936-1940GardeniaLP
A Blues serenade Duke Ellington  —  COTTON CLUB STOMPTAXLP
A Blues serenadeXDuke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  A Blues Serenade Period 1937-38-39His Masters VoiceLP
A Blues serenade Duke Ellington  —  Cotton Club StompTAXLP
A Blues serenadeXDuke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  A Blues SerenadePathéLP
A Blues serenade Duke Ellington  —  The complete Duke Ellington Vol.11 1938CBSLP
A blues serenade Johnny Hodges  —  JOHNNY HODGES IN DISCO ORDER Volume 2Ajax RecordsLP
A Blues Serenade Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  Classics - Volume 2Classics RecordsCD
A blues serenade Johnny Hodges  —  SOME FUNVerveLP
A Blues serenade Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra  —  A study in ellingtoniaRaretoneLP
A Blues serenade Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra  —  A Study in EllingtoniaRaretoneLP
A Blues serenade Duke Ellington  —  The complete Duke Ellington Vol.11 1938CBSLP
A chromatic love affair Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  YALE CONCERTFantasy RecordsLP
A door will open Duke Ellington  —  ONE NIGHT STAND with DUKE ELLINGTONJoyce MusicLP
A door will open Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 30D.E.T.S.LP
A Fine Romance Billy Holiday  —  Volume 2 1936-1937Média 7CD
A flower is a lonesome thing Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  1946-1947PrimaLP
A flower is a lonesome thing Duke Ellington  —  Unknown SessionCBSLP
A flower is a lonesome thing Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  Suddenly it JumpedBig Band ArchivesLP
A flower is a lonesome thing Johnny Hodges  —  jumpin' with JOHNNY HODGESVogueLP
A Flower is a lonesome Thing Johnny Hodges  —  Jumpin'VogueLP
A flower is a lovely thing Johnny Hodges  —  Johnny HodgesBellaphonLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Billy Strayhorn / Duke Ellington ans his Orchestra  —  BILLY STRAYHORNMusica JazzLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  The Uncollected Volume 3Hindsight RecordsLP
A Flower is a lovesome Thing Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  The Radio Transcriptions Vol. 3London RecordsLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  The Uncollected Volume 3DeccaLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Duke Ellington  —  THE UNDOCUMENTED ELLINGTONUp-To-Date RecordsLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 38D.E.T.S.LP
A flower is a lovesome thing Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 43D.E.T.S.LP
A flower is a lovesome thing Duke Ellington  —  THE UNDOCUMENTED ELLINGTONUp-To-Date RecordsLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  The Uncollected Volume 3DeccaLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington  —  ella at duke's placeVerveLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington  —  Ella at duke's placeVerveLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington  —  Ella at duke's placeVerveLP
A flower is a lovesome thingXElla Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington  —  ella at duke's placeVerveLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Johnny Hodges  —  JOHNNY HODGES VOLUME 4Ajax RecordsLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Johnny Hodges / Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn & All Stars  —  CARAVANPrestigeLP
A flower is a lovesome thingXJohnny Hodges and Orchestra  —  Everybody knows JOHNNY HODGESImpulseLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Johnny Hodges and Orchestra  —  EVERYBODY KNOWS JOHNNY HODGESImpulseLP
A flower is a lovesome thing Johnny Hodges and Orchestra  —  Everybody knows JOHNNY HODGESImpulseLP
A friend of yoursXDuke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra  —  A DATE WITH THE DUKE Vol.2 1945-46Fairmont RecordsLP
A friend of yours Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  —  Treasury Show # 14D.E.T.S.LP
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Stark beeinflusst wurde Hodges durch den Sopransaxophonisten Sidney Bechet, mit dem er als junger Mann in den 1920er Jahren eine Zeit lang zusammengespielt hatte. Besonders an Hodges Sopransaxophonaufnahmen wie etwa dem „Rent Party Blues“ lässt sich die musikalische Verwandtschaft zwischen beiden Musikern erkennen.

Hodges spielte auf seinem Instrument mit einem sehr warmen, vollen und geschmeidigen Ton. Er war als Improvisator ein überaus einfallsreicher und eleganter Melodiker. Oft wird seine Spielweise mit der Stimme eines Sängers oder einer Sängerin verglichen. Er erreichte in seiner Musik damit sehr sinnliche, fast erotische Qualitäten. Mit seinem Stil verbinden sich einerseits ausdrucksvolle Balladen wie „Day Dream“ oder „Warm Valley“; andererseits wurzelte Hodges stark in der Bluestradition.
Charlie Parker, der bedeutendste Alt-Saxophonist in der Nachfolge Hodges’, nannte diesen einmal anerkennend „The Lily Pons of the Saxophone“. (Lily Pons war eine in den 30er und 40er Jahren in den USA auf der Opernbühne sehr erfolgreiche Sopranistin.) Johnny Hodges war einer der wichtigsten und musikalisch am stärksten prägenden Solisten im Orchester Duke Ellingtons. Ellington schrieb zahlreiche Stücke speziell für Johnny Hodges’ „Stimme“. Johnny Hodges hatte die Spitznamen „Rabbit“ und „Jeep“, was Ellington u. a. in den ihm gewidmeten Stücken „Rabbit’s Jump“ und „Jeep’s Blues“ verewigte. Auch die Komposition „Hodge Podge“ bezieht sich auf ihn.

Nachdem er in seiner Zeit bei Ellington auch gelegentlich unter eigenem Namen Schallplatten aufgenommen hatte (wie seine Kompositionen „Jeep's Blues“, „The Jeep is Jumpin’“ oder „Hodge Podge“ (1938) sowie „Things Ain't What They Used to Be“ 1941), an denen Ellington bzw. dessen Musiker beteiligt waren (The Duke’s Men), verließ er 1951 das Ellington-Orchester, um mit eigenen Formationen zu arbeiten, u.a. mit Al Sears, der Solist auf der Nummer „Castle Rock“ war, mit der Hodges im März 1951 einen kleineren Charts-Erfolg erlangte. Er kehrte 1955 wieder zu Ellington zurück und wirkt auch bei dessen legendären Newport-Auftritt 1956 mit, bei dem er zwei seiner bekanntesten Nummern, „I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)“ und den „Jeep's Blues“ spielte.

Hodges hat eine Vielzahl von Aufnahmen mit dem Duke-Ellington-Orchester und unter eigenem Namen veröffentlicht. Hervorzuheben sind unter anderen Einspielungen mit dem Organisten Wild Bill Davis und dem Pianisten Earl Hines.