Coleman Hawkins

 

Artist:  Coleman Hawkins

Birth Name:  Coleman Randolph Hawkins

Born:  November 21, 1904.  St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Died:  May 19, 1969 (Aged 64).  New York City, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Early Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Big Band

Occupation:  Musician, Saxophinist

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Clarinet

Coleman Hawkins was an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  One of the first prominent Jazz Musicians of his instrument.  The main influence on a generation of Tenor Players that included Chu Berry, Buddy Tate, Don Byas, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ike Quebec, Al Sears, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson.  While He became known with Swing Music during the Big Band Era, he had a role in the development of Bebop in the 1940s.

Title:  Coleman Hawkins And Confreres (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Early Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Big Band

Label:  Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Maria (6:31)

 2.  Sunday (5:19)

 3.  Hanid (4:50)

Side Two:

 1.  Honey Flower (8:42)

 2.  Nabob (9:29)

Personnel:

Coleman Hawkins:  Tenor Saxophone

Roy Eldridge:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1/2, 3, 2/1, 2

Ben Webster:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Hank Jones:  Piano on Tracks:  1/3, 2/1, 2

Oscar Peterson:  Piano on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Herb Ellis:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Ray Brown:  Bass on Tracks:  1/1, 2

George Duvivier:  Bass on Tracks:  1/2, 2/1, 2

Mickey Sheen:  Drums on Tracks:  1/2, 2/1, 2

Alvin Stoller:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Coleman Hawkins And Confreres is an album by Coleman Hawkins, originally released in 1958 by Verve, remastered and reissued on November 28, 2025 by Verve.  180 Gram Vinyl.