Coleman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence in jazz that the instrument enjoys ... he led the first bebop recording, featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach. Bebop upset ...

Fifty years ago this past year, Coleman Hawkins, considered the father of tenor saxophone in jazz, passed away ... Their sound was more fervent than his own best playing. As Gillespie, Monk, and ...

In the beginning, there was Coleman Hawkins ... alongside Dizzy Gillespie, until Parker’s death in ’55. Hawkins had already been the dominant voice on his instrument, the tenor saxophone ...

The sound I saw combines felicitously three art forms: jazz, photography, and poetry. It is a large (10.25 x 1.2 x 13.25 ... Fifty years ago this past year, Coleman Hawkins, considered the father of ...

Granz outdid himself on this gem by grouping together Dizzy Gillespie with the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, and Paul Gonsalves for a dream recording of '50s jazz. With loose, lusty, and wild ...

HINTON was one of the great jazz bass players, having played with musicians like Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. Throughout his career ...

singer and pianist Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge. Host Marian McPartland first met Eldridge in 1950, when she invited him to play with her and Coleman Hawkins at The Embers one night. By the time he ...

In 1979, Concord Jazz produced Remo Palmier ... Guitarist Remo Palmier played with Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in the early part of his career, and established ...

Here's There's Nothing Like a Dame, from Broadways' South Pacific... And here's An Evening at Papa Joe's... Bonus: Here's Coleman Hawkins soloing with Count Basie on Dickie's Dream on CBS's The Sound ...

"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 ...