Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! explained

Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate!
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges
Cover:	Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate!.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	August 13 and 15, 1962
Venue:	Village Gate, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	72:50
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Creed Taylor
Chronology:	Coleman Hawkins
Prev Title:	The Jazz Version of No Strings
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate
Next Year:	1962

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

Reception

AllMusic called it "Timeless music played by some of the top veteran stylists of the swing era".

Track listing

1. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 11:16
2. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) – 11:36
3. "The Rabbit in Jazz" (Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges) – 16:49
4. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) – 8:29
5. "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 7:23
6. "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins) – 6:58
7. "Caravan' (Ellington, Tizol, Irving Mills) – 10:30

Personnel

• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Roy Eldridge – trumpet (tracks 1-3)
• Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone (tracks 1-3)
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Major Holley – bass
• Eddie Locke – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8500-series/#v-v6-8504 Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series
2. http://www.connollyco.com/discography/coleman_hawkins/disco.html Coleman Hawkins Discography