Dynamic cover art

+1

Images

Coleman Hawkins

Jazz
Big band
Swing
Coleman Hawkins was one of the leading American jazz players of the pre-war era and is widely credited with the being one of the first to see the potential of the tenor sax as a solo instrument in jazz. Hawkins attended high school in Topeka, Kansas and benefited from a musical education which included studying harmony and composition as well as learning the piano and cello. He moved to New York in the early 1920s joining the Jazz Hounds led by vaudeville singer Mamie Smith. In the 1930s Hawkins' reputation as a gifted sax player grew and he performed on some of the best known...
Songs
alt
Stompin' at the SavoyColeman Hawkins
alt
Then I'll Be Tired Of YouRed Garland and Coleman Hawkins
alt
Prisoner of LoveColeman Hawkins and Ben Webster
alt
In a Mellow ToneBen Webster, Roy Eldridge, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins and Ray Brown
alt
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home ToColeman Hawkins and Ben Webster
alt
How Long Has This Been Going OnColeman Hawkins
alt
Stompin' at the SavoyColeman Hawkins

Complete Jazz Series 1953 - 1954

6:10

alt
Then I'll Be Tired Of YouRed Garland and Coleman Hawkins

5:11

alt
Prisoner of LoveColeman Hawkins and Ben Webster

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

4:13

alt
In a Mellow ToneBen Webster, Roy Eldridge, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins and Ray Brown

Ben Webster Encounters Coleman Hawkins

20:16

alt
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home ToColeman Hawkins and Ben Webster

& Coleman Hawkins

4:15

alt
How Long Has This Been Going OnColeman Hawkins

The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins

Albums
Similar Artists