Coleman Hawkins
USA
Born: 21 November 1904
Died: 19 May 1969
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Swing, Big Band/Swing, Early Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Big Band
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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 hold his own with any competitor. Coleman Hawkins started piano lessons when he was five, switched to cello at age seven, and two years later began on tenor. At a time when the saxophone was considered a novelty instrument, used in vaudeville and as a poor substitute for the trombone in mar...
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