Artist:Derrick Hodge
Song:Solitude
Album:Live Today
Bassist Derrick Hodge is mainly a sideman first with Terence Blanchard and currently with Robert Glasper. But he has also worked with hip hop and R&B artists like Common and Maxwell. And now he's getting into film and TV work. So he could turn up anywhere. Hodge has recorded three albums as a leader for Blue Note. He was born July 5, 1979 in Philadelphia. He started out playing electric guitar and switched to electric bass while in elementary school. He taught himself to play contrabass. Hodge studied jazz at Temple University and played in school bands. He played sessions for Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild and Floetry. Hodge joined pianist Mulgrew Miller's band in 2003 and he appeared on Common's 2005 album Be. Then he studied with Terence Blanchard to learn film composition. He also played on Blanchard albums and toured with him. Hodge's big move was when he joined The Robert Glasper Experiment in 2008 and he still works with Glasper today. He was on Glasper's 2012 breakthrough album Black Radio. When not touring with Glasper, Hodge worked with Blanchard, Maxwell and jazz singer Gretchen Parlato. While on tour with Glasper, Hodge met Blue Note Records president Don Was and signed a record deal. Solitude is from Hodge's 2013 debut album as a leader Live Today. Hodge wrote and produced all the songs. He says that Solitude is a tribute to the late pianist Mulgrew Miller. Musicians are Aaron Parks on piano and The American String Quartet. Guests include James Poyser of The Roots, Robert Glasper and Common. This album is available as a budget CD. Hodge has recorded three albums for Blue Note. The latest Color of Noize was released in 2020. He continues to tour and record with Glasper's new band R+R=NOW and he composed the music for the STARZ TV series Run the World. Here's Derrick Hodge with Keyon Herrold on trumpet, Michael Aaberg and Federico Pena on keyboards and Mark Colenburg on drums performing Solitude on the Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC May 10, 2014. This is Hodge's touring band.
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