Biography

Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes "Bean" (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn". While Hawkins is most strongly associated with the swing music and big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s.

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#	Song	Languages	Released	Views
1	Runnin' Wild A Famous Jazz Party - 1958	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2004	413
2	Never in a Million Years 1946-1947	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1999	190
3	Get Happy Bean Bags/Bags' Opus	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2011	144
4	I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) At Ease with Coleman Hawkins	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1960	125
5	When Day Is Done Body and Soul [Bluebird]	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1996	124
6	The Man I Love Classic Tenors, Vol. 1	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1989	121
7	Stompin' at the Savoy [DVD] Jazz Giants of the 20th Century	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2007	120
8	Take the "A" Train Live at Ratso's	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2000	120
9	C-Jam Blues Grand Reunion	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1965	117
10	Perdido The Absolutely Essential	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2014	116

All album song lyrics by Coleman Hawkins

#	Song	Released	Views
101	Plays the Great Standards	1995	343
102	Jazz Anthology: Memorable Jazz Hi-Lites 1945	1996	340
103	Jazz Giants of the 20th Century	2007	332
104	Dear Old Southland	2005	331
105	Tenor Giants	2000	330
106	Classic Jazz [Sony]	2001	319
107	The Riverside Records Story	1997	318
108	Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Best of the 1940s Concerts	1998	300
109	Grand Reunion	1965	297
110	Miss Brown to You [Touch of Magic]	2001	295
111	Best of Jazz [BMG 2004]	2004	294
112	Pure Jazz [EMI]	2007	289
113	Jazz Plays Gershwin	2012	287
114	Montreux 1977	1977	284
115	Mess of Blues [Bonus Tracks]	1966	284
116	The Complete Coleman Hawkins on Keynote	1994	282
117	Standards on Impulse	1997	281
118	The Alternative Takes, Vol. 1: 1935-1943	2001	280
119	The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks	1993	277
120	Vogue Recordings	1998	273
121	Jazz Legends [Rerooted]	2002	272
122	Romantic Jazz [Columbia River]	2000	268
123	At the Opera House	1994	268
124	At Ease with Coleman Hawkins	1960	267
125	It Had to Be You	1998	267
126	Meets Coleman Hawkins/And John Coltrane	2011	266
127	St. Louis Blues [DVD]	2006	266
128	Mercury Records Jazz Story	1995	264
129	Jazzin' The Blues: Early Trend Heroes	2012	264
130	Essential Best	2001	261
131	Giants of Jazz Sampler	2000	254
132	The Hot 50: Buck Clayton	2013	253
133	Jazz at the Philharmonic 1946 [Giants of Jazz]	1992	252
134	Lovers' Swing	1999	250
135	Vocal and Jazz Ecstasy	2001	250
136	Saxophone Hits	2007	249
137	Prestige Profiles, Vol. 4	2005	249
138	The Encyclopedia of Jazz	2001	248
139	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	1962	247
140	Tenor Sax Ballads (Priceless Jazz Collection)	1999	246
141	Jazz en Verve, Vol. 1	1988	241
142	Sax On Silk (Reissue)	1998	239
143	Joe Goulder's Secret	2000	239
144	Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing, Vol. 6: 100 Essential Tracks	2013	236
145	History of Jazz: From Basin Street to Bebop	2007	235
146	On Broadway	1997	233
147	Jazz Cats Sax [Box Set]	2006	230
148	Harlem Saturday Night	2001	228
149	Art of Saxophone	1997	226
150	RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties	1992	225