Duke Ellington feat. Johnny Hodges - Passion Flower

[garysaddleback]

Well, folks . . . we should be thankful for having many recordings of Hodge's gorgeous

horn . . . just a "routine" trip to the dentist . . . and then he was gone . . .

Gary in Arizona

[getemnate1]

rip

[litos41]

Great take! Anybody has the version with voice and big band in the midle? Anybody remembers the name of the female singer?

[hottenma]

oh yeah



[arias4me]

I think this is the best version of passion flower. Thanks for posting.

[borbetomagus]

@arias4me I think you might like the 1964 orchestrated version from the CD "At Basin Street East: Duke Ellington and Orchestra" even more. You can hear that version with a search for "Jazz In Bloom: May Flowers" and search for the song (or Billy Strayhorn) on the page. The backing band adds a lot. Too bad no video.

[7senator77]

This is incredible!