Coleman Hawkins
Birthday
1904/11/21
Day of death
1969/05/19 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Also know as
Coleman Randolph Hawkins, Hawk
Biography
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: "There were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn". Hawkins biographer John Chilton described the prevalent styles of tenor saxophone solos prior to Hawkins as "mooing" and "rubbery belches". Hawkins denied being first a...Read more
Acting
(1957) The Sound of Jazz
as ---
(1950) Improvisation
as Self
(1943) Stormy Weather
as Saxophonist (uncredited)
(2009) Jazz Icons - Coleman Hawkins Live in '62 & '64
as ---
(2004) Improvisation
as Self
(1961) After Hours
as Himself
(1945) The Crimson Canary
as Coleman Hawkins
(2008) Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels
as Lui-même