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Coleman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence in jazz that the instrument enjoys. Before he hit the scene, jazz groups had little use for the instrument. One player (forgot who) said, "with all due respect to Adolph Sax, Coleman Hawkins invented the saxophone." Hawkins, or "Bean", as he was known as, started playing cello at a young age before switching to the saxophone. He was a lifelong listener of classical music, and as a result, his knowledge of music theory was far ahead of his peers. Whereas Louis Armstrong improvised his solos based on the melody, Hawkins based his on the harmony and had a strong sense of rhythm. Hawkins hit New York at the age of 20 and quickly established himself, as he became the star of the Fletcher Henderson band
Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928
By Ma Rainey
Label: Black Swan Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bad Luck Blues; Barrel House Blues; Bessemer Bound Blues; Big Boy Blues; Big Feeling Blues;
Black Cat Hoot Owl
Blues; Black Dust Blues; Black Eye Blues; Blame It on the Blues; Blues Oh Blues; Booze and
Blues; Broken Hearted
Blues; Broken Soul Blues; Cell Bound Blues; Chain Gang Blues; Countin' the Blues; Daddy
Goodbye Blues; Damper
Down Blues; Dead Drunk Blues; Deep Moaning Blues; Don't Fish in My Sea; Down in the
Basement; Farewell Daddy
Blues; Georgia Cake Walk; Goodbye Daddy Blues; Grievin' Hearted Blues; Hellish Rag; Honey
Where You Been So
Long; Ice Bag Papa; Jealous Hearted Blues; Jealous Rider Blues; Jealousy Blues; Jelly Bean
Blues; Last Minute Blues;
Lawd Send Me a Man Blues; Leaving This Morning; Levee Camp Moan; Log Camp Blues; Lost
Wandering Blues; Lucky
Rock Blues; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Ma Rainey's Mystery Record; Misery Blues; Moonshine
Blues; Mountain Jack
Blues; New Bo-Weavil Blues; Night Time Blues; Oh Papa Blues; Prove It on Me Blues; Rough
and Tumble Blues;
Runaway Blues; Screech Owl Blues; See See Rider Blues; Shave 'Em Dry Blues; Slave to the
Blues; Sleep Talking
Blues; Slow Driving Blues; Southern Blues; Stack O' Lee Blues; Stormy Sea Blues; Sweet Rough
Man; Traveling
Blues; Trust No Man; Tough Luck Blues; Victim of the Blues; Walking Blues; Weepin' Woman
Blues; Wringing and
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The Sound Of America
By Norman Granz
Label: Verve
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD1:
Blues; Picasso; Tenderly; Like Someone in Love; New Basie Blues; Castle Rock; Con Poco Coco ; Louise; Taking a Chance on Love; Easy Living; Flamingo; You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart); I’ll Never Be the Same ; Dale’s Wail ; That Old Black Magic
CD2:
Laura; Session #1 — Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness of You/I’ll Get By/Everything Happens to Me/The Man I Love/What’s New?/Someone to Watch Over Me/Isn’t It Romantic; Thou Swell; Cocktails for Two; Why Was I Born?; On the Street Where You Live; Lullaby of the Leaves; Blue Room I Thought About You ; Chelsea Bridge — rehearsal; No Strings.
Norman Granz: The Sound Of America
by Richard J Salvucci
If there were a more important “back office" figure in the history of American jazz than Norman Granz, who would it be? When Granz first heard Coleman Hawkins, he knew that the music was going to have a major role in his life--but he did not yet know how many others would be in his debt ...
Latest from Sylvie Courvoisier, Houston Person, Jeff Parker, and Reedsmiths Old and New, Coleman Hawkins and Isaiah Collier
by Hobart Taylor
Music from Isaiah Collier, Angel Bat Dawid, Sylvie Courvoisier, Charlotte Greve and George + Coleman Hawkins re-mastered. Playlist Dida Pelled “ Shooting Star" from I Wish I was a Single Girl Again (LaReserve) 00:00 Coleman Hawkins “Moonglow" from The Hawk Relaxes (Craft) 03:43 Host Speaks 09:43 Sylvie Courvoisier “Le Pavot Rouge" from Almathea(Pyroclastic) 10:44 ...
Craft Mines the Vaults: New Moodsville Titles from Red Garland, Frank Wess, and Coleman Hawkins
by C. Andrew Hovan
When it comes to independent record labels of the past that ventured across such a broad musical landscape, few could rival the efforts of Bob Weinstock and his Prestige imprint. Recognizing the advantages of appealing to multiple markets, Weinstock expanded well beyond his core jazz catalog, issuing rare blues titles through the Bluesville subsidiary and turning ...
New Reissue Series Offers A First-Class Ticket To Moodsville
by Joshua Weiner
With the rise of consumer culture in the 1950s and 1960s, hi-fi systems on which to play newly available stereo records became de rigueur for those who aspired to sophisticated leisure time. A wide variety of “mood music" albums, from classical to exotica to jazz, promised the perfect soundtrack for any emotional state or social gathering. ...
Charlie Haden: Anatomy of a Jazz Classic
by John Ephland
It was a phoner from the suburban Chicago offices of DownBeat to bassist Charlie Haden in L.A. Our talk, which was held on September 15, 1991, was periodically interrupted by his needing to say, “Hold on one second." The occasion? The 30th anniversary of the release of saxophonist Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking LP Free Jazz: A Collective ...
Percy France: Live from the West End
by Daniel Gould
If you know Percy France, most likely you are a fan of “greasy" organ jazz, particularly on Blue Note Records during their classic era. He was an integral part of Jimmy Smith's Home Cookin' (1959) and Freddie Roach's Down to Earth (1962). Or perhaps you came to jazz through r&b acts like the Bill Doggett combo. The ...
Fillmore Dreams, Part 3
by Blue Note Portal
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Duane Allman went to bed at four in the morning and slept until three in the afternoon. Xample had been awake since seven and after breakfast had walked east on 5th Street in the cold March morning and felt the city around him like ...
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