Latest Release
- The Classic Years · 1995
- Encounters (Original Album Plus Bonus) · 1958
- The Greatest Jazz Concert In the World (Live) · 1975
- The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins (Expanded Edition) · 1957
- Body and Soul · 1939
- Paris Swing Sessions · 2011
- The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings - The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings, Vol. 2 · 1957
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster · 1957
- 100 Jazz Masterpieces, Vol. 23 · 1957
- Lamentation · 1989
Essential Albums
- 2014
- 2014
Artist Playlists
- A crash course in what you can do with an expeditionary zeal and a tenor saxophone.
- Dance band riffs and lush asides from the tenor sax poet.
- 2011
- Roy Eldridge
- Spike Hughes
- Henry "Red" Allen
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