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Coleman Hawkins

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Jazz

Coleman Hawkins is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Mickey Baker, Slim Gaillard, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and Bessie Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Coleman Hawkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hank Mobley, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pepper Adams, Paul Bley, Johnny Claes, Sonny Rollins and Anthony Braxton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Coleman Hawkins, reaching back through Mickey Baker and forward to Pepper Adams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Coleman HawkinsMickey BakerSlim GaillardLouis ArmstrongDjango ReinhardtBessie SmithSidney BechetBenny CarterLester YoungPepper AdamsPaul BleyJohnny ClaesSonny RollinsAnthony BraxtonBill Evans TrioJohn Coltrane QuartetMiles DavisHank MobleyBenny CarterDizzy GillespieOscar PetersonDuke EllingtonLee KonitzCount BasieFreddie Hubbard

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Coleman Hawkins connections

Coleman Hawkins grew out of Mickey Baker, Slim Gaillard, Louis Armstrong and Django Reinhardt, shares an orbit with Hank Mobley, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson, went on to shape Pepper Adams, Paul Bley, Johnny Claes and Sonny Rollins. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Coleman Hawkins

Roots13

Sounds and acts that shaped Coleman Hawkins.

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