Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate

This article is about the album by Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan. For the album by Al Grey, see Having a Ball. 1963 live album by Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan

Live album by Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan

Released

1963

Recorded

December 20–21, 1963 at the Village Gate, New York City

Genre

Vocal jazz

Length

39:53

Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan chronology

At Newport '63
(1963)

Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate
(1963)

Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate is the last album by the reformed jazz vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, of Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks with Yolande Bavan. The group was formed after Annie Ross left the vocal group in 1962. The album was recorded live at the Village Gate club in New York City on December 20 and 21, 1963.

Track listing

"Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks) - 4:08
"Meetin' Time" (Benny Carter / Jon Hendricks) - 4:22
"Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 3:06
"Rusty Dusty Blues" (J. Mayo Williams, Hendricks) - 3:46
"Three Blind Mice" (Hendricks) - 3:41
"Nothin' for Nothin'" (Hendricks) - 3:31
"With 'er 'ead Tucked Underneath'er Arm" (Bert Lee, R.P. Weston) - 3:17
"It's Sand Man" (Ed Lewis, Hendricks) - 2:57
"I Wonder What's Become of Sally" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager) - 4:08
"Stops and Goes Blues" (Hendricks) - 3:20

Personnel

Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Yolande Bavan – vocals
Thad Jones - cornet, flugelhorn
Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
Gildo Mahones – piano
George Tucker – double bass
Jimmie Smith – drums

References

At Newport '63 at AllMusic
"Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan - Havin' A Ball At The Village Gate (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.

v t e Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Dave Lambert Jon Hendricks Annie Ross Yolande Bavan Carol Sloane Anne Marie Moss
Studio albums	Sing a Song of Basie (1957) Sing Along with Basie (1958) The Hottest New Group in Jazz (1960) The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan	Recorded "Live" at Basin Street East (1963) At Newport '63 (1963) Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (1964)

v t e Jon Hendricks
Studio albums	A Good Git-Together (1959) ¡Salud! João Gilberto, Originator of the Bossa Nova (1961) Freddie Freeloader (1990)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	Sing a Song of Basie (1957) Sing Along with Basie (1958) The Hottest New Group in Jazz (1960) The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan	Recorded "Live" at Basin Street East (1963) At Newport '63 (1963) Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (1964)

v t e Booker Ervin
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
As leader	The Book Cooks (1960) Cookin' (1960) That's It! (1961) Exultation! (1963) Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963) The Freedom Book (1963) The Song Book (1964) The Blues Book (1964) The Space Book (1964) Groovin' High (1963–64) The Trance (1965) Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965) Heavy!!! (1966) Structurally Sound (1966) Booker 'n' Brass (1967) The In Between (1968) Tex Book Tenor (1968) Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)
With Charles Mingus	Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) Mingus Ah Um (1959) Mingus Dynasty (1959) Blues & Roots (1959) Mingus (1960) Mingus at Antibes (1960 ) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960) Oh Yeah (1961) Tonight at Noon (1961 ) Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
With others	Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962) Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964) Urge (Ted Curson, 1965) Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963) In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969) Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961) Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963) The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson) Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964) Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964) Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 ) Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964) The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961) Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963) Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964) Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 )

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