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    Biography

    Coleman Hawkins was the first important tenor saxophonist and he remains one of the greatest of all time. A consistently modern improviser whose knowledge of chords and harmonies was encyclopedic, Hawkins had a 40-year prime (1925-1965) during which he could hold his own with any competitor. Coleman Hawkins started piano lessons when he was five, switched to cello at age seven, and two years later ...more
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  • My Man
  • Here I'll Stay
  • Get Out of Town
  • I Talk to the Trees
  • Tangerine
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