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Coleman Hawkins
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...
In a Mellow ToneBen Webster, Roy Eldridge, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins and Ray Brown
Ben Webster Encounters Coleman Hawkins
20:16
MoonglowColeman Hawkins
The Hawk Relaxes
She's Funny That WayColeman Hawkins
Body & Soul
3:14
I Surrender DearColeman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge
The Hawk In Paris
4:38
The Man I LoveEarl Hines, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins and Earl Hines Trio
Dale's Wail
3:56
I Can't Get StartedBuck Clayton, Illinois Jacquet, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Curly Russell and Kenny Kersey
Quartet
9:04
