Coleman Hawkins

Featuring: Roy Eldridge (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d)

Tracklisting:

01. Bean’s Talkin’
02. The Nearness of You
03. Time on My Hands
04. The Walker
05. Tea for Two
06. Blue Moon
07. Cocktails for Two
08. Kerry
09. Bean’s Talkin’
10. I Can’t Get Started
11. Time on My Hands
12. The Walker
13. Stuffy (*) Bonus Track

Tracks #1-8 & 10 originally issued as "Coleman Hawkins And Roy Eldridge At The Opera House" (Verve MGVS-6028).

Personnel on #1-12:
Roy Eldridge (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b) and Connie Kay (d). On tracks #2,6 & 10: Coleman Hawkins out; on tracks #3,7 & 11: Roy Eldridge out.

Personnel on #13 features the J.A.T.P All Stars: Roy Eldridge (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b) and Jo Jones (d).

Recording dates:
-September 29, 1957 at the Civic Opera House, Chicago (#1-8).
-October 9, 1957 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (#9-12).
-October 9, 1957 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (#13).