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

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.Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series. Retrieved July 10, 2017Coleman Hawkins Discography. Retrieved July 10, 2017

Reception

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

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

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