Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904
– May 19, 1969) was an American jazz tenor
saxophonist.
Hawkins 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".
While Hawkins is most strongly associated with
the swing music and big band era, he began playing
professionally in the early 1920s and was
important in the development of bebop in the
1940s. He continued to be influenced by the
avant-garde jazz of the 1950s and '60s.
Lester Young, who was called "Pres", 1959
interview with Jazz Review said "As far as I'm
concerned, I think Coleman Hawkins was the
President first, right? As far as myself, I think
I'm the second one."
Miles Davis once said: "When I heard Hawk I
learned to play ballads." Hawkins was nicknamed
"Hawk" and sometimes "Bean".
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