Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins

American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Born November, 21, 1904, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA – died May, 19, 1969, New York, NY, USA.
Also known as Bean or Hawk, Coleman Hawkins started piano lessons when he was five. He switched to the cello at the age of seven and two years later Coleman began to work on the tenor saxophone, turning professional by the age of 12. In August 1923, he made his first recordings with Fletcher Henderson. He played with Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Max Roach, among others.

In Groups:
Allstars, Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet, Benny Carter And His Orchestra, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, Bessie Smith And Her Band, Charlie Shavers' All American Five, Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings, Claude Hopkins All Stars, Coleman Hawkins / Clark Terry Quintet, Coleman Hawkins & Friends, Coleman Hawkins All Star Band, Coleman Hawkins All Stars, Coleman Hawkins And His All Star Jam Band, Coleman Hawkins And His Hot Seven, Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins And His Rhythm, Coleman Hawkins And His Sax Ensemble, Coleman Hawkins Big Band, Coleman Hawkins Quartet, Coleman Hawkins Quintet, Coleman Hawkins Septet, Coleman Hawkins Sextet, Coleman Hawkins Swing Four, Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars, Coleman Hawkins' All American Four, Coleman Hawkins' All Star Octet, Connie's Inn Orchestra, Cozy Cole All Stars, Cozy Cole's Big Seven, Don Redman All Stars, Earl Hines And His All-Stars, Earl Randolph's Orchestra, East Coast All-Stars, Esquire All American Award Winners, Esquire All Stars, Esquire All-American Jazz Band, Fletcher Henderson's Collegians, Fletcher Henderson And His Club Alabam Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson And His Connie's Inn Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra, George Wettling's New Yorkers, Hawkins Orchestra, Henderson's Hot Four, Henderson's Hot Six, Henderson's Roseland Orchestra, Henry "Red" Allen's All Stars, Horace Henderson And His Orchestra, Jack Purvis And His Orchestra, Jam Session, Jam Session All-Stars, Jam Session At The Riverside, JATP All Stars, Jimmy Rushing And His Orchestra, Jubilee All Stars, Leonard Feather All Stars, Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra, Mal Waldron's All Stars, Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Metronome All Stars, Metronome All-Star Band, Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session, Michel Warlop Et Son Orchestre, Red McKenzie And The Celestial Beings, Ruby Braff & His Allstars, Ruby Braff's All-Stars, Spike Hughes And His Negro Orchestra, Tenor Conclave, The Capitol International Jazzmen, The Charlie Parker Quintet, The Chocolate Dandies, The Coleman Hawkins Trio, The Dixie Stompers, The Fletcher Henderson All Stars, The International Jazzmen, The Little Chocolate Dandies, The Louisiana Stompers, The Mound City Blue Blowers, The Prestige All Stars, The Sound Of Jazz All-Stars, Thelonious Monk Septet, Varsity Seven