On "Soul and Body, Spring Heel Jack also leave Hawkins' playing untouched, opting to add a range of understated sounds and effects that complement and enhance the saxophone. Maybe one could quibble ...

One Hour; Sugar Foot Stomp; Hocus Pocus; One Sweet Letter From You; Meet Doctor Foo; Fine Dinner; She's Funny That Way; Body And Soul; When Day Is Done; The Sheik Of Araby; My Blue Heaven; Bouncing ...

With "Body and Soul," jazz took a step toward bebop as ... Hawkins reshaped the idea of melody and the future of the jazz saxophone. Coleman Hawkins' career spanned four decades.

Chu Berry's performance of "Body and Soul" may well have influenced Hawkins' famous recording the following year. Coleman Hawkins and renowed trumpet player Roy Eldridge ("Little Jazz") enjoyed ...

Music historians say masterpieces such as "Body and Soul" and Hawkins' dexterity on the tenor saxophone helped change the genre. His love of classical music also informed his music. Tom Vitale ...

"Coleman Hawkins Body & Soul changed the course of jazz in many ways" - Val Wilmer"Coleman Hawkins Body & Soul changed the course of jazz in many ways" - Val Wilmer ...

But all that I’ve heard are special. And at least one is amazing: a live recording of “Body and Soul” by Coleman Hawkins from May 1940. Mr. Savory, who died in 2004, worked in New York ...

Opening with the legendary "Body and Soul," which made the Hawk a pop star, and ending with the brilliant a cappella "Picasso," from 1948, this anthology documents the first three decades of his ...

Coleman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence ... He returned in 1939 and recorded his commercial and artistic masterpiece Body and Soul, and established himself, once again, ...