The song of the hawk : the life and recordings of Coleman Hawkins /
"Hawkins, the most imitated and influential saxophonist in jazz up to Charlie Parker#x19;s modern revolution, stood virtually alone among jazz musicians who came to prominence in the 1920s and successfully made the transition to modern jazz 25 years later. He also set a standard of dignity for...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
[1990], ©1990
Ann Arbor : c1990 Ann Arbor : ©1990 Ann Arbor : c1990 |
| Series: | Michigan American music series
Michigan American music series |
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Table of Contents:
- Missouri breaks
- The young star in New York
- Armstrong's influence
- Fast cars and silk suits
- The emergence of swing
- The first rival
- British adulation
- Dutch treats
- Family tragedy
- Home again
- Body and soul
- The rise and fall of a big band
- Chicago siesta
- A deluge of discs
- Bean and bop
- Jazz at the Philharmonic
- Return to Paris
- A dynamic partner
- Renaissance
- Festivals galore
- New era for big-toned tenors
- A jazz doyen
- Global gigs
- Penthouse patriarch
- A finale of despair