Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At The Village Gate!
| Recorded | Aug 15, 1962 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1962 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 590146 |
The record
A live summit of Ellington and swing-era royalty, cut loose from big-band charts and stretching out on blues and standards. Hodges' silken alto and Eldridge's blazing brass spar with Hawkins' tenor, Flanagan's trio quietly holding the whole thing together.
Session personnel
- Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
- Major Holley — bass
- Eddie Locke — drums
- Tommy Flanagan — piano
- Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
- Roy Eldridge — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.
| 1963 | Verve Records · V-8504 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve |
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| 1962 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1963 | Verve Records · V6-8504 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1963 | Verve Records · VLP 9033 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1963 | Verve Records · V6-8504 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1972 | Verve Records · 2352 148 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1983 | Verve Records · V6-8504 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1983 | Verve Records · 23MJ 3294 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1992 | Verve Records · 314 513 755-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Verve Records · 513 755-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1992 | Verve Records · POCJ-2075 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2012 | Verve Records · 06007 5340117 — CD |
| 2012 | Verve Records · UCCU-3170 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD |
| — | Verve Records · 2332 066 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
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Eddie Locke also plays on