Bean

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Bean is the famous jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, a pioneering tenor sax player whose rich tone and improvisational style helped define early jazz.

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instanceOf American jazz saxophonist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1969 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
associatedAct Duke Ellington ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra ⓘ
Max Roach ⓘ
Roy Eldridge ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
birthName Coleman Randolph Hawkins ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-11-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1969-05-19 ⓘ
education studied music theory and harmony ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
influenced Ben Webster ⓘ
Dexter Gordon ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
instrument saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
legacy helped establish tenor saxophone as a leading jazz instrument ⓘ
movement bebop era ⓘ
swing era ⓘ
name Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
nickname Bean ⓘ
Hawk ⓘ
linked to: The Hawk
notableFor pioneering use of tenor saxophone in jazz ⓘ
rich tone and advanced improvisational style ⓘ
notableRecording Body and Soul (1939 recording) ⓘ
linked to: Body and Soul
notableWork Body and Soul ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
recordLabel Bluebird Records ⓘ
Impulse! Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
styleCharacteristic full-bodied, vibrato-rich tone ⓘ
vertical, arpeggio-based improvisation ⓘ
tour Europe in the 1930s ⓘ

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Coleman Hawkins → alsoKnownAs → Bean ⓘ
subject linked to: Coleman
Coleman Hawkins → nickname → Bean ⓘ
subject linked to: Hawk