Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra <br /><br />"Burgundy Walk" <br /><br />1954 <br /><br />On the record label, young John Coltrane (who takes no solo) is identified as "Johnny" Coltrane. <br /><br />Coltrane rarely gave interviews. But he did talk to journalists at times, and to said to one or two that he looked back at his time with Hodges as valuable. <br /><br />Coltrane told Down Beat magazine in 1960 that Earl Bostic "showed me a lot of things on my horn. He has fabulous technical facilities on his instrument and knows many a trick." <br /><br />Next, Coltrane talked about "one of my first loves, Johnny Hodges. I really enjoyed that job. I liked every tune in the book. Nothing was superficial. It all had meaning, and it all swung. And the confidence with which Rabbit plays! I wish I could play with the confidence that he does."
