Coleman Hawkins

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Coleman Hawkins made the tenor saxophone an important solo instrument. He played with Fletcher Henderson from 1923 to 1934 and developed a big, full tone there; the arrival of Louis Armstrong in the band in 1924 changed his sense of rhythm. From 1934 to 1939 he lived in Europe; in the Netherlands he recorded with The Ramblers in 1935 and 1937. Back in New York he recorded Body and Soul in October 1939: an improvisation that, after the first bars, almost lets go of the melody and follows the chords. Hawkins was open to new musicians; in 1944 he led one of the first bebop sessions on record, with Dizzy Gillespie. Picasso (1948) is an early solo for saxophone without accompaniment.

Listening

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  Body and Soul · Coleman Hawkins, 1939
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  The Man I Love · Coleman Hawkins, 1943
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  Picasso · Coleman Hawkins, 1948
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  I Only Have Eyes for You · Coleman Hawkins, 1935

Discography

Studio albums

• 1954Fletcher Henderson and His Connie’s Inn Orchestra
• 1954Sir Charles Thompson and His Band Starring Coleman Hawkins
• 1955The "Hawk" Talks
• 1955The Hawk Returns
• 1956The Hawk in Hi-Fi
• 1957The Genius of Coleman Hawkins
• 1957The Hawk Flies High
• 1958Blues Groove
• 1958Sittin' In
• 1958Soul
• 1958The Gilded Hawk
• 1958The High and Mighty Hawk
• 1959Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster
• 1959Hawk Eyes
• 1959Swingville: Coleman Hawkins With the Red Garland Trio
• 1959Very Saxy
• 1960At Ease With Coleman Hawkins
• 1960Coleman Hawkins and Confrères
• 1961Jazz Reunion
• 1961Night Hawk
• 1961Stasch
• 1961The Hawk Relaxes
• 1961The Hawk Swings
• 1962Desafinado
• 1963Back in Bean's Bag
• 1963Bluesey Burrell
• 1963Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
• 1963Sonny Meets Hawk!
• 1965Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster
• 1965Wrapped Tight
• 197452nd Street; Volume 2
• 1974Sirius
• 1977In the Hush of the Night
• 1988Body and Soul
• 1988In a Mellow Tone
• 1989Accent on Tenor Sax
• 1989Three Great Swing Saxophones
• 1990Coleman Hawkins: 1927-1939
• 1990Father Bean
• 1991Commodore Classics In Swing Coleman Hawkins
• 1991Dali
• 1992Jam Session in Swingville
• 1993Oh Captain! The First Jazz Show‐Tune Album With Vocals
• 1993Standards / Warhorses
• 1993The Hawk Takes Flight
• 1994The Bop Years
• 1995James P. Johnson & Coleman Hawkins
• 1996Cool Groove
• 1996Hawk Talk
• 1996Sax, vol 1
• 1996Solitude
• 1997Good Old Broadway
• 1997The Genius of Coleman Hawkins
• 1998Dutch Treat! Coleman Hawkins in Holland
• 1999Hawk's Groove
• 2001At the Golden Circle
• 2001Portrait
• 2002Get Happy
• 2004Prestige Profiles
• 2010and His Confréres
• 2011Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster
• 2016Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins: Together at Newport 1963
• 2022Too Cool
• 2023Hawk Eyes
• 2025Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra
• ?Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate
• ?Jazz/Tones

Other work

• 1935The Hawk in Holland · with The Ramblers
• 1943The Man I Love
• 1948Picasso

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 1^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 2^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 3^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Jazz in the Netherlands GenreIn 1935 and 1937 it made records with the American saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, who was living in Europe at the time.
• Saxophone TechnologyColeman Hawkins made the tenor saxophone a solo instrument, and Charlie Parker played the lightning-fast lines of bebop on it.

See also

• The Hawk Flies High
• The Gilded Hawk
• The High and Mighty Hawk
• Hawk Eyes
• Swing and big band
• Jazz in the Netherlands
• Roy Eldridge
• Sonny Rollins
• Ben Webster