Monday, 19 January 2026

Live at the Village Vanguard - John Hopkins

Track List

1 Sonny Rollins
A Night at the Village Vanguard (3 November 1957)

OLD DEVIL MOON: CD 1, track 8 (intro): 0’36; track 9: Sonny Rollins (ts), Wilbur Ware (b), Elvin Jones 8’19 [rec. Rudy Van Gelder]


2 Kenny Burrell
A Night at the Village Vanguard (16 – 17 September 1959)

I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU: track 3: Kenny Burrell (gtr), Richard Davis (b), Roy Haynes (d) 4’40 [rec. Phil Macy]


3 Bill Evans
Complete Live at the Village Vanguard 1961 (25 June 1961)

WALTZ FOR DEBBY: CD 2, track 6: Bill Evans (pno), Scott LaFaro (b), Paul Motian (d)  6’47 [rec. David Jones, prod. Orrin Keepnews]


4 John Coltrane
Complete Live at the Village Vanguard 1961 (1 – 5 November 1961)

NAIMA 1 November 1961: CD1 track 3: John Coltrane (ts), Eric Dolphy (b.cl), McCoy Tyner (pno), Reggie Workman (b), Elvin Jones (d): 7’33 [rec: Rudy Van Gelder]


5 Wynton Marsalis
Live at the Village Vanguard (1990 – 1994)

SWING DOWN SWING TOWN: CD 5, track 9: Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Wessell Anderson (as), Victor Goynes (ts), Wycliffe Gordon (tbn), Eric Reed (pno), Ben Wolfe (b), Herlin Riley (d) 9’35 [rec. Mark Wilder]


6 Joe Lovano 
Quartets (12 March 1994, 20 – 22 January 1995)

DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOUND OF LOVE: CD 2, track 6: Joe Lovano (ts), Mulgrew Miller (pno), Christian McBride (b), Lewis Nash (d) 6’15 [rec. David Baker]


7 Joshua Redman
Live at the Village Vanguard (21 – 26 March 1995)

SLAPSTICK: CD 2, track 6: Joshua Redman (ts), Peter Martin (pno), Christopher Martin (b), Brian Blade (d) 5’51 [rec. James Farber]


8 Uri Caine
Village Vanguard (23 – 25 May 2003)

MOST WANTED: track 9: Uri Caine (pno), Drew Gress (b), Ben Perowsky (d) 6’34 [rec. Adrian Von Ripka]


9 Tom Harrell
Live at the Village Vanguard (15 – 18 November 2001)

ASIA MINOR: track 1: Tom Harrell (tpt), Jimmy Greene (ts), Xavier Davis (pno), Ugonna Okegwo (b), Quincy Davis (d) 8’41 [rec. David Baker and Katsuhiko Naito]


10 Brad Mehldau
Live (11 – 15 October 2006)

WONDERWALL: CD 1, track 1 (intro) 0’15; track 2: Brad Mehldau (pno), Larry Grenadier (b), Jeff Ballard (d) 8’45 [rec. James Farber, Tim Martyn and Rick Jacobson]