Coleman Hawkins: Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor.

Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor.

-- Coleman Hawkins


		Name: Coleman Hawkins Type: Musician Nationality: American Birth: November 21, 1904 Death: May 19, 1969

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