November 21st is Coleman Hawkins Day!!!

November 21st is Coleman Hawkins Day!!! 

"From the Classic Jazz period to the Swing Era one player had a virual monopoly on the tenor sax, that man being Coleman Hawkins, a.k.a., the Hawk or the Bean. Hawkins (born 1904, St. Joseph, Mo.) was not the first Jazzman to play the tenor but he was the leader in transforming it into a fully expressive, hard driving Jazz instrument. Following a ten year period of getting the hang of that confounded contraption, the Hawk went on to a fifty year career filled with near flawless playing as leader of his own groups as well as with an amazing variety of other combos. He was an inspiration to dozens of top notch Jazz tenor men." Thank you Mr. Hawkins for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Coleman Hawkins. :-)  

http://www.redhotjazz.com/hawkinsaticle.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7J4PgrRsY

"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying." - Coleman Hawkins