Coleman Hawkins
The first great tenor saxophone player in jazz, Hawk elevated the ugly instrument into a tool of sentiment and art. His career spanned five decades and influenced generations of players. Fearless and curious, Hawkins has left behind a great legacy of music including everything from swing to modern jazz. The discography below is full of holes, I know, but you can't make music without holes.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1934 | I Ain't Got Nobody |
| 1935 | What A Difference A Day Made |
| 1938 | Honeysuckle Rose |
| 1940 | When Day Is Done |
| 1943 | Body And Soul |
| 1947 | Say It Isn't So |
| 1950 | ORIGINALS WITH HAWKINS (EP) |
| 1950 | COLEMAN HAWKINS FAVORITES (EP) |
| 1951 | COLEMAN HAWKINS ALL STARS (EP) |
| 1952 | If I Could Only Be With You |
| 1952 | TENOR SAX (EP) |
| 1952 | CLASSICS IN JAZZ (EP) |
| 1952 | KING OF THE TENOR SAX (EP) |
| 1954 | THE BEAN (EP) |
| 1954 | THE HAWK TALKS (EP) |
| 1955 | IMPROVISATIONS UNLIMITED (a/k/a TIMELESS JAZZ) |
| 1955 | THE HAWK TALKS |
| 1955 | Amber |
| 1955 | HAWK IN FLIGHT |
| 1955 | THE HAWK RETURNS |
| 1955 | ACCENT ON TENOR SAX |
| 1955 | JAZZ CONCERT |
| 1956 | COLEMAN HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
| 1956 | HAWK IN HI-FI |
| 1956 | COLEMAN HAWKINS: A DOCUMENTARY |
| 1956 | THE BIG SOUNDS OF COLEMAN HAWKINS AND BEN WEBSTER |
| 1957 | THE HAWK FLIES HIGH |
| 1957 | GILDED HAWK |
| 1957 | THE HAWK IN PARIS |
| 1958 | AN EVENING AT PAPA JOE'S |
| 1958 | SOUL |
| 1958 | HAWK EYES |
| 1958 | THE GENIUS OF COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 1958 | COLEMAN HAWKINS WITH THE BASIE SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA |
| 1958 | COLEMAN HAWKINS AND ROY ELDRIDGE AT THE OPERA HOUSE |
| 1958 | ALL STARS AT NEWPORT |
| 1959 | THE HIGH AND MIGHTY HAWK |
| 1959 | BLUE SAXOPHONES |
| 1959 | COLEMAN HAWKINS AND CONFRERES |
| 1959 | COLEMAN HAWKINS ENCOUNTERS BEN WEBSTER |
| 1960 | COLEMAN HAWKINS ALL STARS |
| 1960 | AT EASE WITH COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 1960 | COLEMAN HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
| 1960 | COLEMAN HAWKINS WITH THE RED GARLAND TRIO |
| 1960 | JAZZ REUNION |
| 1961 | THE HAWK RELAXES |
| 1961 | THE HAWK SWINGS |
| 1961 | THE HAWK BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT |
| 1961 | NIGHT HAWK |
| 1961 | THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE |
| 1961 | YEARS AGO |
| 1962 | GOOD OLD BROADWAY |
| 1962 | THE JAZZ VERSION OF NO STRINGS |
| 1962 | HAWKINS! ELDRIDGE! HODGES! ALIVE! AT THE VILLAGE GATE! |
| 1962 | ON THE BEAN |
| 1962 | JAZZ AT THE METROPOLE |
| 1962 | BLUES GROOVE |
| 1962 | DUKE ELLINGTON MEETS COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 1963 | DESAFINADO |
| 1963 | PLAYS MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY FROM DO RE MI |
| 1963 | BACK IN BEAN'S BAG |
| 1963 | TODAY AND NOW |
| 1963 | HAWKINS! ALIVE! AT THE VILLAGE GATE! |
| 1964 | CLASSIC TENORS |
| 1964 | SWING! |
| 1964 | COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 1964 | MEETS THE SAX SECTION |
| 1964 | THE ESSENTIAL COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 1965 | MEDITATIONS |
| 1965 | WRAPPED TIGHT |
| 1965 | THE HAWK & THE HUNTER |
| 1965 | BODY & SOUL |
| 1966 | CATTIN'! |
| 1968 | THE HAWK IN HOLLAND |
| 1972 | SESSION AT RIVERSIDE |
| 1972 | HAWK IN GERMANY |
| 1973 | RECORDINGS MADE BETWEEN 1930 AND 1941 |
| 1973 | THE NEWPORT YEARS VOLUME IV |
| 1973 | THE HAWK FILES |
| 1973 | DISORDER AT THE BORDER |
| 1973 | HOLLYWOOD STAMPEDE |
| 1973 | REEVALUATIONS: THE IMPULSE YEARS |
| 1974 | THE BIG SOUNDS OF COLEMAN HAWKINS AND CHU BERRY |
| 1975 | JAM SESSION IN SWINGVILLE |
| 1975 | THE BIG THREE |
| 1975 | SIRIUS |
| 1976 | BLOWIN' UP A BREEZE |
| 1978 | THE REAL THING |
| 1978 | RIFFTIDE |
| 1979 | MEETS THE BIG SAX SECTION |
| 1981 | I GRANDI DEL JAZZ: COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 1984 | BEAN A RE-BOP |
| 1988 | BEAN STALKIN' |
| 1990 | JAZZ CLASSICS IN DIGITAL STEREO: COLEMAN HAWKINS 1927 TO 1939 |
| 1993 | STANDARDS & WARHORSES |
| 1994 May 25 | HIGH SCHOOL HAWK |
| 1996 May 21 | BODY & SOUL (RCA) |
| 1996 | IN THE GROOVE 1926-1939 |
| 1998 August 11 | IN EUROPE 1934-1939 |
| 1998 September 15 | PICASSO 1929-1949 |
| 1998 | COLEMAN HAWKINS IN HOLLAND: DUTCH TREAT! |
| 1998 | THE GREAT COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 1999 | THE CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS 1944-1945 |
| 1999 January 12 | THE CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS 1946-1947 |
| 1999 | THE CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS 1953-1954 |
| 2000 November 7 | KEN BURNS JAZZ: COLEMAN HAWKINS |
| 2001 February 13 | THE BEBOP YEARS |
| 2002 | GET HAPPY |
| 2003 | THE COMPLETE JAZZTONE RECORDINGS 1954 |
| 2004 | THE CENTENNIAL COLLECTION |
| 2009 March 30 | "THE RADIO YEARS" 1940 |
| 2009 June 23 | COLEMAN HAWKINS & TOMMY FLANAGAN QUARTET AT THE LONDON HOUSE 1963 |
| 2010 July 13 | COLEMAN HAWKINS & RAY BRYANT: COMPLETE RECORDINGS |
SEE ALSO...
"Bean There, Done That" Discography
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