Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn". Hawkins biographer John Chilton described the prevalent styles of tenor saxophone solos prior to Hawkins as "mooing" and "rubbery belches". Hawkins denied being first and noted his contemporaries Happy Caldwell, Stump Evans, and Prince Robinson, although he was the first to tailor his method of improvisation to the saxophone rather than imitate the techniques of the clarinet. Hawkins' virtuosic, arpeggiated approach to improvisation, with his characteristic rich, emotional, and vibrato-laden tonal style, was the main influence on a generation of tenor players that included Chu Berry, Charlie Barnet, Tex Beneke, Ben Webster, Vido Musso, Herschel Evans, Buddy Tate, and Don Byas, and through them the later tenormen, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ike Quebec, Al Sears, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson. While Hawkins became known with swing music during the big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s.Fellow saxophonist Lester Young, known as the "President of the Tenor Saxophone", commented, in a 1959 interview with ''The Jazz Review'': "As far as I'm concerned, I think Coleman Hawkins was the president, first, right? As far as myself, I think I'm the second one." Miles Davis once said: "When I heard Hawk, I learned to play ballads." Provided by Wikipedia
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9by Allen, Henry, 1908-1967Other Authors: “...Hawkins, Coleman...”
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11by Burrell, KennyOther Authors: “...Hawkins, Coleman...”
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12by Grimes, Tiny, 1916-1989Other Authors: “...Hawkins, Coleman...”
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15by Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986Other Authors: “...Hawkins, Coleman...”
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16by Monk, TheloniousOther Authors: “...Hawkins, Coleman...”
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17by Monk, TheloniousOther Authors: “...Hawkins, Coleman...”
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