Coleman Hawkins

Born: St. Joseph, MO, 1904

Years Active: 1943-1969

Member of: The Chocolate Dandies

Influenced by: Louis Armstrong, Buster Bailey

Genre: Jazz

Biography: Coleman Hawkins was the first important tenor saxophonist and he remains one of the greatest of all time. A consistently ...

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