Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate explained

Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Coleman Hawkins
Cover:	Hawkins! Alive!.jpg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	August 13 and 15, 1962
Venue:	Village Gate, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	52:54
Label:	Verve V/V6 8509
Producer:	Creed Taylor
Chronology:	Coleman Hawkins
Prev Title:	Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate!
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi
Next Year:	1962

Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate is a live album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins which was recorded at the Village Gate in 1962 and released on the Verve label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic stated "The great Hawkins (who debuted on records 40 years earlier) gets to stretch out on this live outing by his 1962 quartet ... Coleman Hawkins in his late 50s was still a powerful force.

Track listing

1. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 8:16
2. "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" (Traditional) – 10:43
3. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) – 8:50
4. "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 9:28
5. "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins) – 7:02 Additional track on CD release
6. "If I Had You" (Ted Shapiro, Irving King) – 8:35 Additional track on CD release

Personnel

• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Major Holley – bass
• Eddie Locke – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8500-series/#v-v6-8509 Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series
2. http://www.connollyco.com/discography/coleman_hawkins/disco.html Coleman Hawkins Discography