Derrick Hodge

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Derrick Hodge (born July 5, 1979 in Philadelphia ) is an American jazz bassist and composer .

Live and act

Derrick Hodge started playing the electric guitar at the age of seven before switching to the electric bass. In junior high school he was a self-taught double bass player. He received his bachelor's degree in music from Ester Boyer College of Music at Temple University ; he also had private lessons with Vince Fay. He was a member of the Temple University Jazz Band and Small Ensemble led by Terell Stafford , played in the Temple University Symphony Orchestra and the New Music Chamber Orchestra . Since the beginning of the 2000s he worked a. a. with Mulgrew Miller , Terence Blanchard , Freddy Cole ( This Love of Mine , 2005) Stefon Harris ( African Tarantella: Dances With Duke , 2006) and Gretchen Parlato ( The Lost and Found , 2011), also with the Soul and Hip-Hop - Musicians Bilal ( Airtight's Revenge , 2010), Anthony Hamilton , Graveyard Soldjas and Common ( Finding Forever ). He also wrote several compositions, which u. a. by Jeff Bradshaw ("Lookin '") and Robert Glasper ("Ah Yeah"), and film scores. In the field of jazz he was involved in 28 recording sessions between 2002 and 2012. Under his own name he released the album Live Today on Blue Note Records . In 2012 he was voted electric bassist of the year ( Rising Stars ) in the Down Beat critics poll .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  2. ↑ 2012 DownBeat Critics Poll ( memento of the original from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.downbeat.com
personal data
SURNAME Hodge, Derrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia