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Tenor saxophonist, jazz legend ... A master of the tenor sax, Coleman Hawkins was one of the most important jazz figures of the 20th Century. His unusual sense of improvisation allowed him to reach heights of expressionism that few other artists of his era had reached.
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Coleman Hawkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21 1904 – May 19 1969) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was the first important jazz musician to use the instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained,...
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Coleman Hawkins biography, including 4 pages of information on the life of Coleman Hawkins. ... Encyclopedia of World Biography on Coleman Hawkins...
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Coleman Hawkins was taught piano from the age of five by his mother, a schoolteacher who played organ. He took up cello at about the age of seven, then requested a tenor saxophone, which he received on his ninth birthday.
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Coleman Hawkins was the first important tenor saxophonist and he remains one of the greatest of all time. A consistently modern improviser whose knowledge of chords and harmonies was encyclopedic, Hawkins had a 40-year prime (1925-1965) during which he could ... Overview Biography Discography Songs Credits Charts & Awards...
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; Artist Biography by: Beatrice Richardson; ... Coleman Hawkins was more than a stylist. He is a great stylist, of course, but he was also a very, very good musician. He played jazz, and he also played the instrument the way it should be played. If he were to be placed among symphony musicians he would command their respect.
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Coleman Hawkins distinguished himself as a tenor saxophone soloist in jazz orchestras during the 1920s and '30s, recorded and toured in Europe for five years, then returned to America in 1939 with his own band and a hit record, "Body & Soul." With his distinctive full-bodied sound, "Hawk" (or "Bean") was the dominant...
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Biography for; Coleman Hawkins More at IMDbPro » ... IMDb > Coleman Hawkins > Biography ... for Coleman Hawkins products...
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