Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate

Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate is a live album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins which was recorded at the Village Gate in 1962 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series. Retrieved July 7, 2017Coleman Hawkins Discography. Retrieved July 7, 2017

Reception

AllMusic stated "The great Hawkins (who debuted on records 40 years earlier) gets to stretch out on this live outing by his 1962 quartet ... Coleman Hawkins in his late 50s was still a powerful force.

Track listing "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 8:16 "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" (Traditional) – 10:43 "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) – 8:50 "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 9:28 "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins) – 7:02 Additional track on CD release "If I Had You" (Ted Shapiro, Irving King) – 8:35 Additional track on CD release

Personnel Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone Tommy Flanagan – piano Major Holley – bass Eddie Locke – drums

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