Johnny Hodges

American alto saxophonist (1907–1970)

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Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: July 25, 1906, July 25, 1907^[10]
Date of death: May 11, 1970
Place of birth: Cambridge
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[12]
Ethnic group: African Americans^[13]
Occupation: jazz saxophonist, songwriter, saxophonist, jazz musician, musician, bandleader^[14]
Genre: jazz^[16]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[28]
Birth name: John Cornelius Hodges^[29]
Described by source: Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians^[27]
Family name: Hodges^[20]
Given name: John, Cornelius^[21]^[22]
Instrument: saxophone, clarinet^[25]^[26]
Manner of death: natural causes^[24]
Name in native language: Johnny Hodges^[30]
Place of burial: Flushing Cemetery^[11]
Pseudonym: Johnny Hodges^[23]
Record label: Vocalion Records, Verve Records^[17]^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en Cornelius Hodges en Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges en Johnny Hodges ar جوني هودجز cs John Cornelius Hodges fr John Cornelius “Johnny” Hodges he ג'וני הודג'ס ja ジョニー・ホッジス ru Джонни Ходжес ru Ходжес Джонни ru Ходжес, Джонни

🔖 Identifiers · 76

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VIAF cluster ID: 71578250
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n81071360
GND ID: 134407482
All About Jazz musician ID: 7665
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000526407
American National Biography ID: 1802793
BBC Things ID: 73240da8-5393-4e0b-bc46-5f14dbabb749
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13895251g
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: hodges-johnny
CONOR.BG ID: 48546917
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 21591

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CiNii Research ID: 1140282266602743168
Cultureel Woordenboek ID: jazz/johnny-hodges
DAHR artist ID: 103184
DDB person (GND) ID: 134407482
Danish National Filmography person ID: 1603
Danskefilm person ID: 18753
De Agostini ID: Hodges,+Johnny
Deezer artist ID: 57519
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134407482
Discogs artist ID: 258460
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Johnny-Hodges
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: hodges-cornelius-dit-johnny
Europeana entity: agent/base/60726
FAST ID: 74895
Find a Grave memorial ID: 4727
Freebase ID: /m/01mcpr4
GTAA ID: 110127
Grammy Awards artist ID: johnny-hodges/13160
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: johnny-hodges
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0246452
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 14071
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Johnny_Hodges
Grove Music Online ID: 13122
HAND ID: 2A7E-F11D-A4C4-3192-51E4
IMDb ID: nm0388178
IPI name number: 00014210546
IdRef ID: 078061059
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 89879
Isidore scholar ID: hodges_johnny_auteur_ou_responsable_intellectuel
J9U entity ID: 987007348105005171
KANTO ID: 000194861
KBR person ID: 14348372
Kinobox person ID: 1315854
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 209148
Lex ID: Johnny_Hodges
Libraries Australia ID: 35747991
MuseScore artist ID: 248181
MusicBrainz artist ID: 881d33d8-e86f-42e8-b571-dbde156f6907
Musicalics composer ID: 98994
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000005164
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA14884107
NE.se ID: johnny-hodges
NL CR AUT ID: ola2002157298
NLA Trove people ID: 1069233
NNDB people ID: 310/000205692
NUKAT ID: n2019155552
National Library of Latvia ID: 000302995
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810638600205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX874439
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073636037
OpenMLOL author ID: 124211
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095939991
Pitchfork artist ID: 24791-johnny-hodges
Quora topic ID: Johnny-Hodges-1
Rate Your Music artist ID: johnny-hodges
SBN author ID: UBOV515362
SNAC ARK ID: w6bz6sr7
SVKKL authority ID: 0294902-Hodges-Johnny-19071970
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 7832
Tidal artist ID: 29917
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000116619
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1125399
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdmgmqM3p9jbhVcCqRxjC
Yale LUX ID: person/d1eb5093-7dee-450f-93c0-93f0eb3d0834

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 11

Blue Hodge, Blue Pyramid, Blue Rabbit, Con-Soul & Sax, Don't Sleep in the Subway, Ellingtonia '56, Stride Right, Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues +3 more

Given name 2

John, Cornelius

Instrument 2

saxophone, clarinet

Mb:composer 2

I'm Beginning to See the Light, I'm Beginning to See the Light

Record label 2

Verve Records, Vocalion Records

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Compositions 1

I'm Beginning to See the Light

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Ethnic group 1

African Americans

Genre 1

jazz

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Mb:member of band 1

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Occupation 1

songwriter

Place of birth 1

Cambridge

Place of death 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

← Lyricist 1

I'm Beginning to See the Light

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Summary

Johnny Hodges was born on July 25, 1906^[1], in Cambridge^[2]. He died on May 11, 1970^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a jazz saxophonist^[5], songwriter^[6], saxophonist^[7], jazz musician^[8], and musician^[9].

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Type: Person^[31]
Country: US^[32]
Began / founded: 1907-07-25^[33]
Ended / dissolved: 1970-05-11^[34]
Genre(s): big band, cool jazz, jazz, soul jazz, swing^[35]
Community tags: big band, cool jazz, jazz, soul jazz, swing^[36]
MusicBrainz ID: 881d33d8-e86f-42e8-b571-dbde156f6907^[37]

FAQs

Where was Johnny Hodges born?

Johnny Hodges was born in Cambridge^[2].

Where did Johnny Hodges die?

Johnny Hodges passed away in New York City^[4].

What did Johnny Hodges do for work?

Johnny Hodges worked as a jazz saxophonist^[5], songwriter^[6], saxophonist^[7], jazz musician^[8], and musician^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Johnny Hodges — place of birth (P19): Cambridge. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-15. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Johnny Hodges — place of death (P20): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Johnny Hodges — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Johnny Hodges — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Johnny Hodges — occupation (P106): jazz saxophonist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Johnny Hodges — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Johnny Hodges — occupation (P106): saxophonist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Johnny Hodges — occupation (P106): jazz musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Johnny Hodges — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Johnny Hodges — occupation (P106): bandleader. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Johnny Hodges — place of burial (P119): Flushing Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-06-11. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Johnny Hodges — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Johnny Hodges — ethnic group (P172): African Americans. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Johnny Hodges — record label (P264): Vocalion Records. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Johnny Hodges — record label (P264): Verve Records. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Johnny Hodges — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. Retrieved 2020-05-21. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Johnny Hodges — date of birth (P569): July 25, 1906. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Johnny Hodges — date of birth (P569): July 25, 1907. IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Johnny Hodges — date of death (P570): May 11, 1970. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Johnny Hodges — family name (P734): Hodges. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Johnny Hodges — given name (P735): John. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Johnny Hodges — given name (P735): Cornelius. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Johnny Hodges — pseudonym (P742): Johnny Hodges. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Johnny Hodges — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Johnny Hodges — instrument (P1303): saxophone. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Johnny Hodges — instrument (P1303): clarinet. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Johnny Hodges — described by source (P1343): Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Johnny Hodges — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Johnny Hodges — birth name (P1477): John Cornelius Hodges. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Johnny Hodges — name in native language (P1559): Johnny Hodges. wikidata.org.

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[31] ↑ Johnny Hodges — Type: Person. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[32] ↑ Johnny Hodges — Country: US. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[33] ↑ Johnny Hodges — Began / founded: 1907-07-25. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[34] ↑ Johnny Hodges — Ended / dissolved: 1970-05-11. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[35] ↑ Johnny Hodges — Genre(s): big band, cool jazz, jazz, soul jazz, swing. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[36] ↑ Johnny Hodges — Community tags: big band, cool jazz, jazz, soul jazz, swing. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[37] ↑ Johnny Hodges — MusicBrainz ID: 881d33d8-e86f-42e8-b571-dbde156f6907. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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SVKKL authority ID → 0294902-Hodges-Johnny-19071970

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