Alive! At the Village Gate 1962, feat. Roy Eldridge & Johnny Hodges (2 LPs on 2 CDs)

I've loved "Hawkins Alive at the Village Gate" for over 40 years since I first discovered the vinyl album and I love having it on CD along with the Hodges/Eldridge album. Great Hawk with an equally great rhythm section--and Tommy Flanagan at his very best, which means jazz piano at its very best. Worth owning for "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" alone, which is one of my 5-10 favorite recorded performances by anyone.

Excellent Jazz Album, I met Bassist Major Holley leaving the "Village Vanguard" Jazz Club in New York City and asked him if he could remember on which album he had recorded "It's the Talk of the Town" (which is this very album), because I enjoyed it so much, he blushed and answered that he could not remember, because he didn't buy his own albums...years later I met Jazz Trombonist J.J. Johnson at a club in Indianapolis and asked him the title of his old album where he was siting next to a table with his trombone and a glass of scotch, because I had lost that album and wanted to find it again (the album "First Place"), he smiled and said "Thank you, but I can't remember because I never buy my own albums...you take care!", so some news about great Jazz Artists: They don't collect their own records. I took a long walk with Pianist Hank Jones in Denver and told him he should play more concerts, he said he was in the recording studios all the time. Now, I wish I had asked for their autographs.

A stellar collection - and a must have for Coleman Hawkins listeners.*Try to find the European release - purple instead of orange covers. It has 5 additional tracks never released on cd.CH, Roy Eldridge, Lou Levy, Herb Ellis, Max Bennett, Gus Johnson England, 1958.Bean Stalkin’I can’t get started (no CH)Indian Summer (no Roy)Willow weep for me (no CH)The walker

Disco interesantísimo. Grupo excelente. Todo un clásico.Recomiendo buscar información en la red de quienes aparecen en el.Toda una sorpresa ! Incunable.

Alors que les 2 courts albums verve ne présentaient que des extraits, ce doudle cd reprend ces 2 cds avec du matériel inédit. à noter que roy elridge et jonny hodges n'interviennent que sur 3 longs morceaux du 15/8 alors que le reste enregistré le 13 présente le hawk + tommy flanagan+ bs et drms. PF92

Vous rassemblez dans un grand club de New York que des bons musiciens âgés mais encore performants, qui se connaissent depuis des lustres, vous secouez et vos oreilles frémissent.

good coleman hawkins cd, worth buying, most of his are good.

作業場のBGMで流しています。録音は古いようですがライブの軽快な流れが気に入ってます、ライブ演奏の楽しさが伝わってきます。装置は2A3シングルアンプに自作のミニゴン（フォステックス）です、箱の容積が少ないので低音はあまり出ませんが軽快感がこのCDに合うようです。重低音の出ない装置でもBGMとして十分楽しめます。