Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...a black cat, I think. And then they had Coleman Hawkins. Wait! [The other guy] might have been Ben..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Jazz Sides

Naxos' latest Jazz Icons series has arrived

"...Art BlakeyLive in '65 (Naxos) Coleman HawkinsLive in '62 & '64 (Naxos) Woody HermanLive in..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Centennial Collection

Gift guide

"...Benny Goodman disc swing with a vengeance. Saxophone giant Coleman Hawkins is well-represented on a 1929-64 sampling of his..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...DUKE ELLINGTON MEETS COLEMAN HAWKINS..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

Andrew Cyrille Lays His Declaration of Musical Independence on UT

Rarified improv comes to campus

"...and in the studio, is truly mind-boggling: Illinois Jacquet, Coleman Hawkins, Kenny Clarke, Mary Lou Williams, Philly Joe Jones,..."

Jan. 16, 2020 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Innovators

Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar

"...render judgments about the efforts of Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins, musicians who were pretty much regarded as seminal..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...nonsensical. Consider the case of Fort Worth saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Before he emerged, improvisers were taking more and more..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Some of That Jazz

Compared to What?

"...creativity and originality. Dewey Redman played with avant-gardists Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett in the 1960s and Seventies while..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Books Feature by Harvey Pekar

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

A documentary fitting for the groundbreaking jazz drummer

"...showpiece and compositional tool. Playing with titans such as Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Thelonious..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kansas City

"...a cutting contest at the Hey Hey Club between Coleman Hawkins (Craig Handy), Lester Young (Joshua Redman), and Ben..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Great Day in Harlem

This hourlong documentary is the fascinating story of a photograph that captures 57 New York City jazz musicians on a Harlem brownstone stoop one summer morning in 1958.

"...as various as the differences between the styles of Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, the talent and breakthroughs of..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Make Your Mama Proud

The Gospel According to Bill "The Mailman" Martin and Chester Baldwin

"...School on 14th Street. He idolized Lionel Hampton, Erskine Hawkins, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker, and became..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Thelonious Monk

"...cut in 1944, when Monk was a sideman with Coleman Hawkins. His style is in transition, but his solos..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Letters at 3AM

The paradox of possiblities exhibited by the 20th century -- from Auschwitz to Ginger & Fred.

"...I think of Coleman Hawkins' tenor sax playing Ellington's "Solitude" while the Duke..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Reissues

"...more faded memories like Pee Wee King and Hawkshaw Hawkins. And, while scarcity of women here merely reflects the..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...1962: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, and Ornette Coleman were at their peaks. Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Louis..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Sun Ra & His Arkestra

"...jazz dissertations (even complete musical dorks can claim Ornette Coleman and Coleman Hawkins as influences), Ra is still a..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Kate X Messer

A Cultural Imperative

"...great material from other labels, including Apollo, which recorded Coleman Hawkins with Dizzy Gillespie doing some of his first..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Jazz Sides

"...laid the bassline down under Charles Lloyd, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, and the late great Betty Carter. As a..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature

Jazz Sides

"...that he synthesized the styles of Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins. Both Rouse and his pianist boss perform with..."

June 12, 1998 Music Review

Saxophone Prolificus

Honorary Texas Tenor David Murray

"...formative years in Oakland, with the large-toned swing of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, the physically muscular attack of..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

SXSW Film Review: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

The life and impact of the jazz drumming pioneer

"...showpiece and compositional tool. Playing with titans such as Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Thelonious..."

March 13, 2023 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Prez for Life & Beyond: Lester Young

Tenor sax king helped put Kansas City on the musical map

"...Young, John Coltrane, and Coleman Hawkins are widely considered the three best tenor saxists..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Pilgrim and the Stars

Q&A with Italian trumpet standard Enrico Rava at the Montréal Jazz Festival

"...older brother had some records: Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Coleman Hawkins. My mother was a classical pianist, but I..."

July 10, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Five-Star Rollins

"...Rollins and his idol Coleman Hawkins on this symbolic passing of the torch...."

May 1, 2009 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Norman Granz Presents: Improvisation

Performaces by Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, "Sweets" Edison, Ella Fitzgerald, The Duke Ellington Trio, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, and Joe Pass

"...together for the first time in performance saxophone titans Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker. This marvelous studio date also..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The War: Soundtrack and Music from the Second World War

4-CD soundtrack to Ken Burns' The War

"...("I'll Be Seeing You") to popular tunes from Sinatra, Coleman Hawkins ("Body and Soul"), Louis Armstrong ("Memories of You"),..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s

Sheet Music

"...road-managing Muddy Waters, the Rev. Gary Davis, and jazzman Coleman Hawkins on European tours; recording a pre-Cream Eric Clapton;..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records

Impulse Records was the one jazz label that best reflected the social, political, and cultural turbulence of the 1960s as well as the spiritual awareness of the era

"...Impulse recorded the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, and Earl "Fatha" Hines. In marking the 45th..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Elegance Never Forgets

Jazz is certainly sensuous music, and a couple of finely fashioned drinks followed by a good meal could work wonders for lovers: Reed's Jazz and Supper Club has it all and offers a terrific spot for romance this Valentine's Day.

"...from the Forties and Fifties, with the emphasis on Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster. The staff-to-customer ratio..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

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