Джазовые кларнетисты США
- From right: Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, Rex Stewart, Sonny Greer, Wallace Jones (?), Ray Nance. Photography by William P. Gottlieb.
- Otto Hardwick played lead alto on most Ellington numbers from 1932 to 1946 but he was rarely heard as a soloist because Johnny Hodges got many of the alto solos.
- An outstanding alto saxophonist, Otto Hardwick was among the earliest players to give that instrument some identity and demonstrate its improvising potential.
- STYLE When soloing, the Otto Hardwick of the 1920s was a sax player with a romantically singing legato style, this combined with the use of fast...
- He remained with Ellington until May 1946, when he left the band because of Ellington’s dislike of Hardwick’s girlfriend.
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- Hardwick is most known for playing with Duke Ellington, from the early 1920s, but he also played with Elmer Snowden, Noble Sissle...
- 1920'lerde, Otto Hardwick bazen keman ve kontrbasta müdahale etti, ancak esasen bir alto saksafoncuydu.
Otto Hardwick
