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:  At Ease With Coleman Hawkins, Moodsville Volume 7 (2026)

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

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  For You, For Me, For Evermore (6:07)

 2.  While We're Young (3:33)

 3.  Then I'll Be Tired Of You (5:08)

 4.  Mighty Like A Rose (4:00)

Side B:

 1.  At Dawning (4:39)

 2.  TroubleIs A Man (5:25)

 3.  Poor Butterfly (6:06)

 4.  I'll Get By (As Long As  I Have You) (6:36)

Personnel:

Colman Hawkins:  Tenor Saxophone

Tommy Flanagan:  Piano

Wendell Marshall:  Bass

Osie Johnson:  Drums

At Ease With Coleman Hawkins, Moodsville Volume 7 is an albumm by Coleman Hawkins, originally released in 1960 by Moodsville, remastered and reissued on November 6, 2026 by Craft Recordings.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.