Side By Side Curren$y Sweeping and string-laden

Sweeping and string-laden

Young Hearts is the new album from Benny Sings

Both the 2xLP and CD editions feature in-depth booklets with unseen photos

peace and love for humanity

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Side By Side Curren$y Sweeping and string-ladenWhen 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, is a throwback to the small group sessions Ellington recorded with Hodges and other members of his orchestra in the Thirties, but with a