Coleman Hawkins / by Villetard, Jean Francois

Coleman Hawkins / by James, Burnett

The song of the hawk : the life and recordings of Coleman Hawkins / by Chilton, John, 1932-2016

The song of the Hawk : the life and recordings of Coleman Hawkins / by Chilton, John, 1932-2016

Masters of jazz saxophone : [the story of the players and their music] /

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The early swing era, 1930 to 1941 / by Oliphant, Dave

Table of Contents: “…NAME BLACK BANDS: Fletcher Henderson -- Bennie Moten and Count Basie -- Duke Ellington -- Jimmie Lunceford -- NAME WHITE BANDS: Benny Goodman -- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey -- Artie Shaw -- Glenn Miller -- OTHER BLACK BANDS: Louis Armstrongo -- Luis Russell -- Chick Webb -- Earl "Fatha" Hines -- Cab Calloway -- Andy Kirk -- Lionel Hampton -- Erskine Hawkins -- Boots Douglas -- Oran "Hot Lips" Page -- Benny Carter -- Jay McShann -- OTHER WHITE BANDS: Paul Whiteman -- Casa Loma Orchestra -- Bunny Berigan -- The Bob Crosby Orchestra -- Charlie Barnet -- Gene Krupa -- Harry James -- THE SMALL SWING GROUPS: Coleman Hawkins -- Jack Teagarden -- Billie Holiday -- Lester Young -- Fats Waller -- Milton Brown -- Summa Cum Lade, et al. -- Roy Eldridge and Buster Smith.…”

Jazz anecdotes : second time around / by Crow, Bill, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Wild scenes -- The word "jazz" -- Beginnings -- Inventions -- Pianos -- Teachers and students -- Stage fright -- Reading music -- Hiring and firing -- Managers, agents, and bosses -- On the road -- Arrangers and arrangements -- Cutting contests -- 52nd Street -- Jazz records -- Jazz on the air -- The well-dressed jazz musician -- Prejudice -- Songs -- Goofs -- Pranks -- The put-on -- Good lines -- Nicknames -- Louis Armstrong -- Bessie Smith -- Bix Beiderbecke -- Thomas "Fats" Walker -- Eddie Condon -- Pee Wee Russell -- Duke Ellington and his orchestra -- Benny Goodman -- Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young -- Art Tatum and his children -- Joe Venuti -- Tommy Dorsey -- Lionel Hampton -- Charlie Parker -- John Birks Gillespie -- Charles Mingus -- Zoot Sims and Al Cohn -- Miles Davis and John Coltrane -- Jokes.…”

The world of swing / by Dance, Stanley

Table of Contents: “….] -- Claude Hopkins -- Elmer Snowden -- Sandy Williams -- Taft Jordan -- Willie Smith -- Ed Wilcox -- Jimmy Crawford -- Sy Oliver -- Benny Carter -- Coleman Hawkins -- Roy Eldridge -- Eddie Locke -- Jonah Jones -- Stuff Smith -- Cozy Cole -- Dud Bascomb -- Haywood Henry -- Sammy Lowe -- Andy Gibson -- Fred Norman -- Howard Johnson -- Charlie Holmes -- Benny Goodman -- Lionel Hampton -- Billy Mackel -- Benny Morton -- Quentin Jackson -- Vic Dickenson -- Doc Cheatham -- Eddie Heywood -- Roger Ramirez -- Nat Pierce -- Lawrence Lucie -- Al Casey -- Tiny Grimes -- Milt Hinton -- Panama Francis -- Chick Webb -- Mildred Bailey -- Billie Holiday -- Spontaneous opinions -- Bands in Harlem theatres.…”

Jazz / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…A world of soloists. Coleman Hawkins, "Body and soul" -- Count Basie / Lester Young, "Oh! …”

Clark : the autobiography of Clark Terry / by Terry, Clark

American musicians II: seventy-two portraits in jazz / by Balliett, Whitney

Table of Contents: “…Panassié, Delaunay et Cie (Hughes Panassié and Charles Delaunay) -- For the comfort of the people (Joe "King" Oliver) -- Ferdinand La Menthe (Jelly Roll Morton) -- Le grand Bechet (Sidney Bechet) -- The blues is a slow story (Henry "Red" Allen) -- New York drummers (Tommy Benford, Freddie Moore, Sonny Greer) -- Starting at the top (Jabbo Smith) -- Light everywhere (Adolphous "Doc" Cheatham) -- Fats (Fats Waller) -- In the wilderness (Marie Marcus) -- Sunshine always opens out (Earl Hines) -- Out here again (Mary Lou Williams) -- Coleman Hawkins -- A good one-two (Jimmy McPartland) -- Davy Tough -- Even his feet look sad (Pee Wee Russell) -- More ingredients (Bobby Hackett) -- Hodes' blues (Art Hodes) -- Benny (Benny Goodman) -- Back from Valhalla (Jess Stacy) -- Whatever happened to Mel Powell? …”

Esquire's 1945 jazz book /

The Oxford companion to jazz /

Table of Contents: “…Sudhalter -- Pianists of the 1920s and 1930s / Henry Martin -- Coleman Hawkins / Kenny Berger -- Lester Young / Loren Schoenberg --…”

R. Crumb's heroes of blues, jazz, & country / by Calt, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…William Moore -- Peg Leg Howell -- Clifford Gibson -- Blind Blake -- Frank Stokes -- Jaybird Coleman -- Blind Willie Johnson -- Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell -- Blind Lemon Jefferson -- Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen -- Whistler and His Jug Band -- The Mississippi Sheiks (Walter Vinson, Lonnie -- Chatmon, Bo Carter) -- Rube Lacey -- Skip James -- Bo-Weavil Jackson -- Furry Lewis -- Sam Collins -- Ramblin' Thomas -- Sleepy John Estes -- Cannon's Jug Stompers (Gus Cannon, Ashley -- Thompson, Noah Lewis) -- The Memphis Jug Band (Will Shade, Ben Ramey, -- Charles Polk, Will Weldon) -- Big Bill Broonzy -- Roosevelt Sykes -- Blind Gary Davis -- Papa Charlie Jackson -- Charley Patton -- Buddy Boy Hawkins -- Barbecue Bob -- Ed Bell -- Blind Willie McTell -- Son House -- Memphis Minnie -- Mississippi John Hurt -- Tommy Johnson -- Peetie Wheatstraw -- Bo Carter -- Early Jazz Greats -- "Bix" Beiderbecke -- Coleman Hawkins -- "Jelly Roll" Morton -- Louis Armstrong -- Lil Hardin -- Johnny Dodds -- Eddie Lang -- Junie C. …”

Essential jazz : the first 100 years / by Martin, Henry, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Overview: a decade of swing : Social upheavals in the 1930s -- The big band in the swing era : Instrumentation, technique, and arrangement ; Big-band terms ; The changing role of the rhythm section -- Territory bands : Kansas City ; Mary Lous Williams and the Clouds of Joy -- Count Basie : Jo Jones: modernizing the drums -- Lester Young : Jazz performance terms -- Benny Goodman: king of swing : Race relations in early jazz ; Gene Krupa ; Charlie Christian -- Ellington after the Cotton Club : Building on the band ; Changes for the better ; The 1940s and beyond -- Influential big bands of the swing era -- Swing-era Stylists : Word War II and the "all-girl" bands ; Coleman Hawkins ; Roy Eldridge ; Jack Teagarden ; Earl Hines ; Teddy Wilson ; Benny Carter ; Billie Holiday -- Summary of the features of swing…”

How to listen to jazz / by Gioia, Ted