Owen Broder

Owen Broder – Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 2 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:40 minutes | 806 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
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Music that flows in our veins and that we miss again and again. The creators of contemporary music believe that in order to touch us, to elevate us, it must be different, unusual, distinctive, captivating. But it’s enough just to play the music that we carry in our hearts. And this is the proof! It’s a great album. We are thrilled!

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Owen Broder – Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:15 minutes | 774 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Outside in Music

As influential as he’s been on the history of the jazz saxophone, Johnny Hodges is usually discussed wholly in light of his key role in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. On his second release as a leader, saxophonist Owen Broder shifts the spotlight to focus more intently on the legendary altoist. With Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 1, Broder and his gifted quintet explore nine compositions associated with the Rabbit (the nickname that Hodges earned early in his career and the source of several conflicting stories), culling pieces both from the Ellington repertoire as well as from the saxophonist’s often overlooked catalogue of small group albums.
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