Saxophonist Owen Broder returns with the second volume of his tribute to alto great Johnny Hodges, exploring his work with Duke Ellington and beyond!

Outside In Music is pleased to announce "The Star Crossed Lovers", the new single from saxophonist, bandleader and composer Owen Broder. Broder's single is a unique rendition of a beloved Ellington-Strayhorn classic. This single is a taste of the forthcoming release of "Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 2," coming in April 2024 on Outside in Music.

Due out October 14, 2022 via Outside In Music, Hodges: Front and Center is hardly an exercise in nostalgia. On his acclaimed 2018 debut, Heritage, Broder offered striking new interpretations of American roots music from Appalachian folk to early blues, spirituals to bluegrass. He takes a similar approach to Hodges’ music here; the interpretations are not radically altered, but Broder’s insightful arrangements honor the beauty and elegance of the originals while lending them a deeply felt modern vibrancy.