Coleman Hawkins

Alive! at the Village Gate 1962 (FSRCD 756)

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1962

Alive! at the Village Gate 1962

Coleman Hawkins

Fresh Sound Records

8427328607568

ABS 138619

FSRCD 756

JAZZ

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Alive! at the Village Gate 1962

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It was a memorable few nights in August 1962 when these performances were captured in stereo live at New York’s famed Village Gate. Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, then in his late 50s, was still a force to be reckoned with and, accompanied by a superb Tommy Flanagan-Major Holley-Eddie Locke rhythm section, he was on song, stretching out gloriously on the changes of All the Things You Are and Mack the Knife, on which Flanagan also shines particularly, to pick just two examples of the quality music created.

This exceptional quartet was joined on one of these nights by Hawkins’ old sparring partner, the unrelenting Roy Eldridge, and the revered, one-of-a-kind Johnny Hodges, whose alto added a sensuous contrast to Eldridge’s combustible trumpet and Hawkins’ magisterial tenor. The format was simple; a blowing session with some very extended performances. But with jazzmen of this quality around and reputations to uphold, the healthily competitive edge and mutual respect yielded musical moments to remember.

Personnel on CD 1:


COLEMAN HAWKINS, tenor sax

TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano

MAJOR HOLLEY, bass

EDDIE LOCKE, drums
Recorded at “The Village Gate”, New York, August 13 & 15, 1962

Personnel on CD 2:


Same personnel as above, but ROY ELDRIDGE, trumpet,

and JOHNNY HODGES, alto sax added except on # 4,5 & 6
Recorded Live at “The Village Gate”, New York, August 15, 1962.

Sources:

CD 1 (1-4) from the LP Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (Verve V6-8509)
CD 2 (1-3) from the LP Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive!At the Village Gate (Verve V6-8504)
CD 1 (5-7) & CD 2 (4-6) were not issued on the original LP configuration

CD 1:
01. All the Things You Are
02. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
03. Mack the Knife
04. It’s the Talk of the Town
05. Bean and the Boys
06. If I Had You
07. Caravan

CD 2:
01. Satin Doll
02. Perdido
03. The Rabbit in Jazz
04. Mack the Knife
05. It’s the Talk of the Town
06. Bean and the Boys