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Coleman Hawkins

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Coleman Hawkins is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Bessie Smith, Mickey Baker, Slim Gaillard, Louis Armstrong and Django Reinhardt. 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 Joe Pass, Fats Navarro, Paul Bley, Johnny Claes and Pepper Adams, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Coleman Hawkins, reaching back through Bessie Smith and forward to Joe Pass. 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 HawkinsBessie SmithMickey BakerSlim GaillardLouis ArmstrongDjango ReinhardtSidney BechetBenny CarterLester YoungJoe PassFats NavarroPaul BleyJohnny ClaesPepper AdamsAnthony BraxtonBill Evans TrioJohn Coltrane QuartetHank MobleyBenny CarterDizzy GillespieOscar PetersonDuke EllingtonLee KonitzCount BasieOliver Nelson

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Coleman Hawkins connections

Coleman Hawkins grew out of Bessie Smith, Mickey Baker, Slim Gaillard and Louis Armstrong, shares an orbit with Hank Mobley, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson, went on to shape Joe Pass, Fats Navarro, Paul Bley and Johnny Claes. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Coleman Hawkins

Roots13

Sounds and acts that shaped Coleman Hawkins.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Coleman Hawkins.

Bands Coleman Hawkins shaped

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