title: Used to Be Duke
text: # Used to Be Duke
  
  Used to Be Duke is a studio album by Johnny Hodges, accompanied by members of Duke Ellington's orchestra, released by Norgran Records in October 1956.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  Scott Yanow on AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, commenting "Hodges had a particularly strong group. High points include 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', the title track and a seven-song ballad medley."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Used to Be Duke" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:24
  * "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:59
  * "Sweet as Bear Meat" (Hodges) - 3:22
  * "Madam Butterfly" (Jimmy Hamilton, Hodges) - 3:17
  * "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington) - 3:24
  * Ballad medley: "Autumn In New York"/"Sweet Lorraine"/"Time On My Hands"/"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"/"If You Were Mine"/"Poor Butterfly" (Vernon Duke)/(Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish)/(Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon)/(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)/(Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer)/(Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 17:55
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  * Shorty Baker - trumpet
  * Lawrence Brown - trombone
  * Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6)
  * John Coltrane - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
  * Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
  * Call Cobbs Jr. (tracks 1-5), Richie Powell (track 6) - piano
  * John "Buddy" Williams - double bass
  * Louie Bellson - drums
  