COLEMAN HAWKINS & ROY ELDRIDGE “Live At The Opéra House”
01. Beans Talkin
02. The Nearness of You
03. Time on My Hands
04. The Walker
05. Tea for Two
06. Blue Moon
07. Cocktails for Two
08. Kerry
09. Beans Talkin
10. I Cant Get Started
11. Time on My Hands
12. The Walker
13. Stuffy (*) Bonus Track
Roy Eldridge (tp)
Coleman Hawkins (ts)
John Lewis (p)
Percy Heath (b)
Connie Kay (d)
Tracks #1-8 & 10 originally issued as "Coleman Hawkins And Roy Eldridge At The Opera House" (Verve MGVS-6028)
Personnel on #1-12:
Roy Eldridge (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b) and Connie Kay (d). On tracks #2,6 & 10:
Coleman Hawkins out; on tracks #3,7 & 11: Roy Eldridge out.
Personnel on #13 features the J.A.T.P All Stars:
Roy Eldridge (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b)
and Jo Jones (d).
Recording dates:
-September 29, 1957 at the Civic Opera House, Chicago (#1-8)
-October 9, 1957 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (#9-12)
-October 9, 1957 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (#13)