30 JAZZTIMES SEPTEMBER 2019
They were indisputably two giants of
jazz’s golden age, but what did they
think of each other? As this exclusive
excerpt from a new Hodges biography
shows, it was complicated.By Con Chapman
Benny Carter
Vs.
Johnny Hodges
Carter doubling
on trumpet at the
Apollo, New York,
October 1946WILLIAMP.^ GOTTLIEB^ COLLECTION/LIBRARY^ OF^ CONGRESS