Coleman Hawkins

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bandleader human jazz musician tenor saxophonist

Coleman Hawkins was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist, often credited with establishing the saxophone as a leading solo instrument in jazz.

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Coleman Hawkins canonical 44

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1969 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
associatedAct Benny Goodman ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra ⓘ
Max Roach ⓘ
Roy Eldridge ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
causeOfDeath liver disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-11-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1969-05-19 ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
familyName Hawkins ⓘ
fullName Coleman Randolph Hawkins ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
givenName Coleman ⓘ
influenced Ben Webster ⓘ
Chu Berry ⓘ
Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Don Byas ⓘ
Illinois Jacquet ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
instrument clarinet ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
isCreditedWith establishing the tenor saxophone as a leading solo instrument in jazz ⓘ
nickname Bean ⓘ
Hawk ⓘ
notableAlbum Hawk Eyes ⓘ
Soul ⓘ
The Hawk Flies High ⓘ
notableWork Body and Soul ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth St. Joseph, Missouri ⓘ
surface form: Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recorded Body and Soul ⓘ
recordingDate 1939-10-11 ⓘ
recordLabel Bluebird Records ⓘ
Impulse! Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson → notableBandMember → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Max Roach → associatedAct → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Sonny Rollins → influencedBy → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Ben Webster → workedWith → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Ben Webster → influencedBy → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Impulse! Records → notableArtist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Commodore Records → associatedWith → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Commodore Records → notableArtist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite → performer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite → featuresSaxophonist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Coleman → hasNotableBearer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Hawkins → hasNotableBearer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Bean → name → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Body and Soul → associatedPerformer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Body and Soul → notableRecordingBy → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra → launchedCareerOf → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra → notableMember → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Illinois Jacquet → influencedBy → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Chu Berry → influencedBy → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
The Hawk Flies High → artist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
The Hawk Flies High → performer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
The Hawk Flies High → featuresMusician → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
The Hawk Flies High → composerOfTrack → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Hawk Eyes → artist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Hawk Eyes → performer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Hawk Eyes → mainPerformer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Hawk Eyes → featuresArtist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Hawk Eyes → associatedPerformer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Soul → artist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Soul → performer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Soul → chronologyArtist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Abbey Lincoln → collaboratedWith → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Prestige Records → notableArtist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Don Byas → influencedBy → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Dexter Gordon → influencedBy → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Coleman Randolph Hawkins → alsoKnownAs → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Out of This World → hasNotablePerformer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Kenny Burrell → associatedAct → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Jazz at the Philharmonic → hasParticipant → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
What Is This Thing Called Love? → hasNotablePerformer → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
subject surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
Riverside Records → recordedArtist → Coleman Hawkins ⓘ