Coleman Hawkins
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Artist's top tracks
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Django Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins | 03:18 | |
| Cocktails For Two | Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson | 02:39 | |
| Rosita | Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster | 05:02 | |
| Blue Moon | Django Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins | 03:13 | |
| Stealin' The Bean | Coleman Hawkins | 04:31 | |
| It Never Entered My Mind | Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster | 05:46 | |
| One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) | Coleman Hawkins | 05:56 | |
| Mood Indigo | Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins | 05:55 | |
| Prisoner Of Love | Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster | 04:12 | |
| Shine On Harvest Moon | Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster | 04:48 |
Most popular release
| I'm Beginning To See The Light | |
| Greensleeves | |
| Since I Fell For You | |
| I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) |
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A Collection of Live Performances From The 50's Vol 1
by Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson Trio
25 Best of Jazz Saxophone (Mono Version)
by Jazz & Blues - BnF Collection, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz...
20 Essentials of Fletcher Henderson (Mono Version)
by Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Rex Stewart...
Latin, Jazz, Samba & Bossa Nova (Doxy Collection)
by Various Artists, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim...
Fabulous Jazz Collection (Remastered)
by Various Artists, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday...
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Biography
Coleman Hawkins was one of the leading American jazz players of the pre-war era and is widely credited with the being one of the first to see the potential of the tenor sax as a solo instrument in jazz.
Hawkins attended high school in Topeka, Kansas and benefited from a musical education which included studying harmony and composition as well as learning the piano and cello. He moved to New York in the early 1920s joining the Jazz Hounds led by vaudeville singer Mamie Smith. In the 1930s Hawkins' reputation as a gifted sax player grew and he performed on some of the best known recordings of the era including a particularly memorable solo on 'Body and Soul', considered by many jazz aficionados to be a landmark example of the use of harmonic structure in a jazz solo.
After World War II Hawkins divided his time between New York and Europe earning a living as a sideman and session player. During the post-war period his name is closely associated with many of the jazz greats and includes performers such as Max Roach, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis and Dizzie Gillespie. In the latter half of his career Hawkins had a reputation for being a heavy drinker and he eventually died from liver disease in 1969 at the age of 64.