Two interviews with Coleman Hawkins, posted on the occasion of his 109th birthday anniversary.
The English Interview:
Coleman Hawkins, in London (circa 1960), talks about tenor saxophone, Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller (bringing him his 'breakfast' which was a glass full of scotch), Body & Soul (recorded in "just one take...Boom!!") and some other things.
The American Interview:
Subjects discussed in this interview are his birth ("at the sea"), his family and early life, switching from piano to tenor sax, listening to early jazz ("people who [can] execute well" and those who "make funny noises"), going to Chicago at 12 and many other stories.
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