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Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge

Title: Live at The Opera House

Label: Fresh Sound

Cat No:FSRCD556
Format:CD

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• This CD, originally released on Verve, contains the two complete sets by the Coleman Hawkins/Roy Eldridge quintet - recorded in the fall of 1957, at the Civic Opera House in Chicago (stereo) and at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles (mono). The ‘Hawk’ is still imperial here, and there is also an especially welcome bonus in the fine form of Roy Eldridge in both concerts - not always the case during his career.

• A particular surprise is the rhythm section, which consists of three quarters of the “Modern Jazz Quartet”: John Lewis, Percy Heath and Connie Kay. They swing hard, proving they were versatile enough to change their style when accompanying their two elders.

• Making a great closing performance for a CD full of outstanding playing is a very rare, all-star version of “Stuffy,” with Coleman and Roy, plus J.J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Jo Jones.

Track Listing for Live at The Opera House
1 Bean’s Talkin’
2 The Nearness of You
3 Time on My Hands
4 The Walker
5 Tea for Two
6 Blue Moon
7 Cocktails for Two
8 Kerry
9 Bean’s Talkin’
10 I Can’t Get Started
11 Time on My Hands
12 The Walker
13 Stuffy

Reviews

Jazz Journal - John Postgate

The quality of the Chicago set makes this CD a must for mainstream fanciers.

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Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge

Live at The Opera House