Coleman Hawkins Professions : Saxophonist Born : November 21, 1904 Died : May 19, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Coleman Hawkins Music should always be an adventure. Coleman Hawkins music adventure travel If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two hours every day listening to Johann Sebastian Bach and, man, it's all there. If they want to improvise around a theme,which is the essence of jazz, they should learn from the master. He never wastes a note, and he knows where every note is going and when to bring it back. Some of these cats go way out and forget where they began or what they started to do. Bach will clear it up for them. Coleman Hawkins learning cat music "If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying." Coleman Hawkins music fitness success I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play. Coleman Hawkins modern play thinking Some of my biggest moments have been in jam sessions, but I don't want to talk about them. There were always other people involved. Coleman Hawkins jam want people I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else Coleman Hawkins music made play There's no such thing as bop music, but there's such a thing as progress. Coleman Hawkins bops progress I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play Coleman Hawkins honestly style play You can separate the men from the boys and ballads. Coleman Hawkins music men boys If you don't make mistakes you are not really trying. Coleman Hawkins workout fitness mistake 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 people way thinking Similar Authors Branford Marsalis saxophonist Benny Carter saxophonist Bennie Wallace saxophonist Don Byas saxophonist Dewey Redman saxophonist Dave Koz saxophonist All Authors
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