Coleman Hawkins
Acting
November 21, 1904
Died May 19, 1969 (64 years old)
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
9
Acting Credits
Biography
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. 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". Hawkins biographer John Chilton described the prevalent styles of tenor saxophone solos prior to Hawkins as "mooing" and "rubbery belches". Hawkins denied being first a...
Known For
Filmography
Jazz Icons - Coleman Hawkins Live in '62 & '64
2009
Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels
2008
as Lui-même
Improvisation
2004
as Self
Kid Dynamite
2001
as Archive footage
After Hours
1961
as Himself
5.5
The Sound of Jazz
1957
8
Improvisation
1950
as Self
5
The Crimson Canary
1945
as Coleman Hawkins
7.5
Stormy Weather
1943
as Saxophonist (uncredited)
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