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

Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate!
Live album by Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges
Released	1962
Recorded	August 13 and 15, 1962
Venue	Village Gate, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	72:50
Label	Verve V/V6 8504
Producer	Creed Taylor
Coleman Hawkins chronology
The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962) Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962) Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic called it "Timeless music played by some of the top veteran stylists of the swing era".^[3]

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 Additional track on CD release
5. "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 7:23 Additional track on CD release
6. "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins) – 6:58 Additional track on CD release
7. "Caravan' (Ellington, Tizol, Irving Mills) – 10:30 Additional track on CD release

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

References