Coleman Hawkins
Tenor Sax Solo on
Off Minor

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Coleman Hawkins's tenor sax solo is the opening of 4 solos on this recording, followed by Ray Copeland on trumpet. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a medium-up 153 BPM with a swing feel in G, the solo runs approximately 52 seconds. Hawkins, who had championed Monk's music when few others would, delivers a single chorus of the 32-bar AABA form in G minor with the harmonic authority and rhythmic sophistication that had defined his playing since the 1920s. Coleman Hawkins was 52 to 53 years old at the time of this 1957 recording.

Coleman Hawkins was 52 to 53 years old at the time.