Latest Release
- Nightfall - Sophisticated Jazz Classics · 1939
- Bean and the Boys · 1946
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster · 1957
- The Greatest Jazz Concert In the World (Live) · 1975
- Soul · 1958
- Verve Jazz Masters 34: Coleman Hawkins · 1958
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster · 1957
- Paris Swing Sessions · 2011
- The Hawk Relaxes [Rudy Van Gelder Remasters] · 1957
- The Classic Years · 1995
Essential Albums
- 2011
Artist Playlists
- A crash course in what you can do with expeditionary zeal and a tenor saxophone.
- Dance-band riffs and lush asides from the tenor sax poet.
Live Albums
Appears On
- Spike Hughes
About Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins was the first great tenor saxophonist, one of those who did the most to establish that instrument's role in jazz. When he joined the Fletcher Henderson band in 1924, Hawkins's smooth legato and powerful sense of swing, combined with an unusually broad knowledge of harmony and theory, quickly made him the dominant tenor man of the time. His return in 1939 from a long period in Europe was capped by a record date that included a watershed version of "Body and Soul." One of the few older musicians to embrace the intricacies of bebop, Hawkins continually challenged himself throughout a long and illustrious career.
- HOMETOWN
- St. Joseph, MO, United States
- BORN
- November 21, 1904
- GENRE
- Jazz