Coleman Hawkins
(American Musician)
- Date of Birth:
- November 21, 1904
- Date of Death:
- May 19, 1969
- Nationality:
- American
- Quote count:
- 4
- Times favorited:
- 0
Coleman Randolph Hawkins , nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was a prominent jazz tenor saxophonist.
He is commonly regarded as the first important and influential jazz musician to use the instrument: Joachim E. Berendt wrote, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn".
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