Body and Soul; Fine Dinner
date: label: recording date
content: 1939
name: label: recording artist
content: Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra
label: manufacturer
content: Bluebird
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra. side 1: Body and Soul; side 2: Fine Dinner (Bluebird B-10523)<br>78 rpm</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Often considered the first great jazz saxophonist, Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) is known as the Father of the Tenor Saxophone. Like Louis Armstrong, Hawkins pushed the boundaries of jazz music by improvising solos and altering songs’ basic melodies. His 1939 recording of the jazz standard “Body and Soul” became famous for its use of improvisation. He never played the same version twice. Though primarily a jazz and big band musician, Hawkins experimented in bebop in the 1940s.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Camden
topic: label: Subject
content: Music
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: 1939 exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 1
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0698.1213
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0698.1213
label: accession number
content: 1988.0698
label: collector/donor number
content: H53
label: maker number
content: B-10523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm