Luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance and beyond are celebrated and memorialized in 25 commemorative plaques that now bear ...

For the 60th anniversary of the release of "A Love Supreme" the Village Voice asked dozens of sax players to muse on the jazz masterpiece.

Coleman Hawkins and Eddie Condon. Gabler is the uncle of actor Billy Crystal, who has lauded his uncle for his contributions to music history. Crystal’s father Jack worked as a promoter and ...

An exhibition at New York’s Scandinavia House features art and music by black Americans who moved to northern Europe in search of a safe haven from segregation and discrimination.

Long Tall Dexter; swinger, bebopper, saxophone balladeer; acting the dissipated genius ... Dizzy, Monk, Bud Powell, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Navarro, J.J. Johnson, Max Roach. While New York may have ...

Robinson is deeply rooted in bebop, swing, and classic jazz traditions, often channeling the influence of players like Lester ...

The saxophone (the tenor and alto varieties) only began to play an important role in the big-band swing era, when Johnny Hodges and Coleman Hawkins emerged as one of the best jazz saxophonists of ...

John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean was an alto saxophonist, composer ... la propria personalità accanto ai più grandi creatori di jazz (Hawkins, Parker, Mingus, Rollins, Davis, Coleman, tra gli altri..); ...

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There were five sets in the show, starting with Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge ... were Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Willie Smith (alto saxophone), Lester Young and Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone ...

As Kansas State secured its fifth-straight Big 12 win yesterday by defeating No. 16 Kansas 81-73, Coleman Hawkins put together yet another versatile two-way performance. While this season has not ...

Kansas State's Coleman Hawkins was scrutinized amidst Kansas State's six-game losing streak. But amidst Kansas State's dominant turn, the conversations are starting to shift. Hawkins is averaging ...