Birth Name:

Coleman Hawkins

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Nov 21, 1904

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States

Age:

119

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

29°

Sco

1'

About Coleman Hawkins

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 cited as influences Happy Caldwell, Stump Evans, and Prince Robinson, although he was the first to tailor his method of improvisation to the saxophone rather than imitate the techniques of the clarinet. Hawkins' virtuosic, arpeggiated approach to improvisation, with his characteristic rich, emotional, and vibrato-laden tonal style, was the main influence on a generation of tenor players that included Chu Berry, Charlie Barnet, Tex Beneke, Ben Webster, Vido Musso, Herschel Evans, Buddy Tate, and Don Byas, and through them the later tenormen, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ike Quebec, Al Sears, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson. While Hawkins became known with swing music during the big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Coleman Hawkins at IMDb

• Coleman Hawkins recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

• BookRags biography

• The Red Hot Jazz Archive biography

• Jazz for Beginners biography

• Coleman Hawkins videography

• Coleman Hawkins Legacy Jazz Festival

• Archived NYT Obituary for Coleman Hawkins

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Coleman Hawkins: Sun 29 Scorpio, Moon 12 Taurus, Mercury 10 Sagittarius, Venus 3 Capricorn, Mars 0 Libra, Jupiter 21 Aries, Saturn 15 Aquarius, Uranus 28 Sagittarius, Neptune 7 Cancer, Pluto 21 Gemini, Sun Sextile Mars, Sun Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Square Mars, Venus Conjunct Uranus, Venus Opposition Neptune, Mars Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mars Square Uranus, Jupiter Sextile Pluto, Saturn Semi Square Uranus

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Photo attribution: Unknown authorUnknown author, Ad on page 15 of June 30, 1945 Billboard magazine.