Used to Be Duke

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Scott Yanow on AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, commenting "Hodges had a particularly strong group. High points include "On the Sunny Side of the Street," the title track and a seven-song ballad medley."[1]

1. "Used to Be Duke" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:24
2. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:59
3. "Sweet as Bear Meat" (Hodges) - 3:22
4. "Madam Butterfly" (Jimmy Hamilton, Hodges) - 3:17
5. "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington) - 3:24
6. Ballad medley: "Autumn In New York"/"Sweet Lorraine"/"Time On My Hands"/"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"/"If You Were Mine"/"Poor Butterfly" (Vernon Duke)/(Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish)/(Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon)/(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)/(Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer)/(Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 17:55

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Lawrence Brown - trombone
• Shorty Baker - trumpet
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6)
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• John Coltrane - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
• Call Cobbs, Jr. (tracks 1-5), Richie Powell (track 6) - piano
• John "Buddy" Williams - double bass
• Louie Bellson - drums