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Otto Hardwick

real name Otto James Hardwicke

Washington, D.C., United States

Otto Hardwick is credited on 718 releases across 270 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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718

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270

Albums

8

Decades active

63

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American jazz alto saxophonist (also clarinet and bass saxophone), nicknamed "Toby", born May 31, 1904 in Washington, D. C., died August 5, 1970 in the same city.
Hardwick is most known for playing with Duke Ellington, from the early 1920s, but he also played with Elmer Snowden, Noble Sissle, Chu Berry and Fats Waller in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He returned to Ellington in 1932 and retired from music shortly after leaving Ellington in 1946.

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718 releases · 270 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,780
  • Other credits · 132

Studios: Carnegie Hall · The Southland Cafe · Crystal Ballroom, Fargo · Cotton Club

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