Coleman Hawkins Autographs
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: "There were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn." Hawkins biographer John Chilton described the prevalent styles of tenor saxophone solos prior to Hawkins as "mooing" and "rubbery belches". Hawkins denied being first and noted his contemporaries Happy Caldwell, Stump Evans, and Prince Robinson, although he was the first to tailor his method of improvisation to the saxophone rather than imitate the techniques of the clarinet. Hawkins's virtuosic, arpeggiated approach to improvisation, with his characteristic rich, emotional, and vibrato-laden tonal style, was the main influence on a generation of tenor players that included Chu Berry, Charlie Barnet, Tex Beneke, Ben Webster, Vido Musso, Herschel Evans, Buddy Tate, and Don Byas, and through them the later tenormen, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ike Quebec, Al Sears, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson. While Hawkins became known with swing music during the big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s.
Fellow saxophonist Lester Young, known as the "President of the Tenor Saxophone", commented, in a 1959 interview with The Jazz Review: "As far as I'm concerned, I think Coleman Hawkins was the president, first, right? As far as myself, I think I'm the second one." Miles Davis once said: "When I heard Hawk, I learned to play ballads."
Hawkins was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States, in 1904. He was named Coleman after his mother Cordelia's maiden name. There is record of Hawkins's parents' first child, a girl, being born in 1901 and dying at the age of two. \nAt age four, Hawkins began to study the piano, then the cello at age seven, before switching to the saxophone by age nine. By the age of fourteen, he was playing around eastern Kansas. He attended high school in Chicago, then in Topeka, Kansas, at Topeka High School. He later stated that he studied harmony and composition for two years at Washburn College in Topeka while still attending high school.
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Current items with a signature of Coleman Hawkins
These are the most current items with a signature of Coleman Hawkins that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2023-24 Bowman Chrome U University Coleman Hawkins Auto #BCPA-CH Autograph | $6.85 |  |
| 2023-24 Bowman Chrome U University Coleman Hawkins Auto #BCPA-CH Autograph | $6.85 | |
Traded items with a signature of Coleman Hawkins
The most expensive item with a signature of Coleman Hawkins (Coleman Hawkins & Chita Rivera DUAL Autograph Album Page + Photo & COA) was sold in September 2025 for $500.00 while the cheapest item (2023 Bowman University Basketball Coleman Hawkins 1st Bowman Autograph) found a new owner for $1.25 in February 2024. The month with the most items sold (11) was February 2024 with an average selling price of $10.99 for an autographed item of Coleman Hawkins. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2024 with $32.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.50 was September 2024. In average, an autographed item from Coleman Hawkins is worth $15.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Coleman Hawkins were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2023-2024 BOWMAN U CHROME COLEMAN HAWKINS SIGNED CARD RC AUTOGRAPH | $6.99 |  |
| 2023-2024 BOWMAN U CHROME COLEMAN HAWKINS SIGNED CARD RC AUTOGRAPH | $6.99 | |
| 2023-2024 BOWMAN U CHROME COLEMAN HAWKINS SIGNED CARD RC AUTOGRAPH | $19.99 | |
| 2023-24 Bowman U Chrome Coleman Hawkins Prospect Autograph Lava Refractor /199 | $5.50 | |
| 2023-24 Bowman U Chrome Coleman Hawkins Prospect Autograph Lava Refractor /199 | $5.50 | |
| 2023-24 Bowman University Chrome Coleman Hawkins Lava Refractor Autograph Card | $5.50 | |
| 2023-24 Bowman University Chrome Coleman Hawkins Lava Refractor Autograph Card | $5.50 | |
| 2023/24 Bowman Chrome U Coleman Hawkins #/250 Refractor RC AUTO Autograph | $9.99 | |
| 2023/24 Bowman Chrome U Coleman Hawkins #/250 Refractor RC AUTO Autograph | $9.99 | |
 | Coleman Hawkins 2023-24 Bowman University Chrome #BCPA-CH 1st Bowman Autograph | $19.99 | |
| Coleman Hawkins 2023-24 Bowman University Chrome #BCPA-CH 1st Bowman Autograph | $19.99 | |
 | Coleman Hawkins 2023-24 Bowman University Chrome Lava Auto Autograph #d 58/199 | $16.50 | |
| Coleman Hawkins 2023-24 Bowman University Chrome Lava Auto Autograph #d 58/199 | $16.50 | |
| Coleman Hawkins 2024 ONIT Signature Series /80 Fighting Illini | $14.99 | |
| Coleman Hawkins 2024 ONIT Signature Series /80 Fighting Illini | $14.99 | |
Latest News about Coleman Hawkins
College basketball transfer portal rankings 2024: Illinois star Coleman Hawkins (06/14/2024): Here are the top 80 players who enterted the transfer portal during college basketball's 2024 offseason 
Coleman Hawkins transfers to Kansas State: Illinois star's NIL deal is around $2 (06/14/2024): Jerome Tang's Wildcats have beefed up in the portal and will likely claim a Top 25 roster heading into 2024-25 Dribble Handoff: Coleman Hawkins, Mark Sears, Hunter Sallis among the best 2024 (05/31/2024): These players made the right call before the deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft and return to college 2024 NBA Draft: Coleman Hawkins, Cam Christie among top players with hardest por (05/24/2024): These 10 players have NBA Draft decisions to make before next week's NCAA withdrawal deadline College basketball transfer portal 2024: Ranking top 80 players as Coleman Hawki (04/30/2024): Here are the best transfers in the portal so far during college basketball's 2024 offseason
Older News Stories about Coleman Hawkins
Hawkins, Shannon returns mark big day for Illini (06/2023): In what was a big day for Illinois, both Coleman Hawkins and Terrence Shannon Jr. announced their intentions to return to Champaign for the 2023-24 season. Coleman Hawkins in OKC for Thunder pre-draft visit (05/2023): Coleman Hawkins is in Oklahoma City for a pre-draft visit with the Thunder. Illinois’ Coleman Hawkins to declare for draft, maintain eligibility (03/2023): Hawkins averaged 9.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, three assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.1 steals in 33 games. Big Ten expert picks 2022-23: Bold predictions, most overrated and underrated te (10/2022): Led by junior forward Coleman Hawkins, Illinois edges out Indiana as our experts' pick to win the Big Ten
