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Article: Building a Jazz Library
Coleman Hawkins
by Henk de Boer
Although Adolphe Sax actually invented the saxophone, in the jazz world the title Father of the Tenor Saxophone" became justly associated with Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969), not only an inventive jazz giant but also the founder of a whole dynasty of saxophone players. Before Hawkins, the saxophone (itself born" in 1846) was mainly a favorite in marching ...