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Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate

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Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate
Live album by
Released1963
RecordedAugust 13 and 15, 1962
VenueVillage Gate, NYC
GenreJazz
Length52:54
LabelVerve
V/V6 8509
ProducerCreed Taylor
Coleman Hawkins chronology
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(1962)
Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate
(1963)
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(1962)

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.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
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AllMusic[3]

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.[3]

Track listing

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

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series. Retrieved July 7, 2017
  2. ^ Coleman Hawkins Discography. Retrieved July 7, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Hawkins! Alive! at the Village Gate – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2017.