Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues

{{Short description|Album by Duke Ellington}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Back to Back

| type = studio

| artist = Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges

| cover = backtobackduke.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1959

| recorded = February 20, 1959 - Columbia Studios, New York

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:02

| label = Verve

| producer = Norman Granz

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| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Duke Ellington

| type = Album

| prev_title = Jazz Party

| prev_year = 1959

| title = Back to Back

| year = 1959

| next_title = Side by Side

| next_year = 1959

}}{{Extra chronology

| artist = Johnny Hodges

| type = Album

| prev_title = Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin

| prev_year = 1958

| title = Back to Back

| year = 1959

| next_title = Side by Side

| next_year = 1959

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{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-to-back-mw0000870356 Allmusic review]

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=435}}

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Back to Back is a 1959 studio album by Johnny Hodges and Duke Ellington. It was followed by Side by Side (1959), which combines three tracks recorded at one of the same sessions with six tracks recorded in August 1958 by a different, Hodges-led group that did not include Ellington.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8300-series/ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series] Jazz Discography Project. Accessed July 9, 2024.