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13 de nov. de 1993 · Erskine Hawkins, the band leader, trumpeter and composer whose band was best known for its renditions of "Tuxedo Junction," "After Hours" and "Tippin' In," died on Thursday at his home in ...
The newly minted Erskine Hawkins Orchestra began recording in the late '30s and by 1940, the "20th Century Gabriel" had a smash hit with "Tuxedo Junction," his most famous composition. While the band featured many of the era's best instrumentalists--including pianist Avery Parrish, trumpeter Dub Bascomb, and baritone sax player Haywood Henry--they downsized with the end of the swing era.
ERSKINE HAWKINS, BORN IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA on July 26, 1914, was a renowned trumpeter, big bandleader, and composer. Nicknamed the “Twentieth-Century Gabriel,” because of his heavenly trumpet play, Hawkins gained fame as a member of the ‘Bama State Collegians, one of the finest college bands in the 1930s.
24 de sept. de 2015 · Provided to YouTube by RCA BluebirdTuxedo Junction · Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra · Erskine HawkinsBig Band: Swingin' Through The Night (Bluebird's Best S...
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31 de jul. de 2017 · Jazz great, Erskine Hawkins was born July 26, 1914. Recalling the day of his birth prompts a review of what Hawkins offered to jazz. Songs like “Tuxedo Junction,” “Uproar Shout,” and “Cornbread” attest to Hawkins humor and energetic approach to jazz. Arguably, Hawkins appears to be a sort of unsung hero in the world of jazz.
Birmingham native Erskine Hawkins was a prominent African American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer during the Big Band era of the 1930s and 40s. His Erskine Hawkins Orchestra was a popular dance band in New York City, and with it he recorded the hit “Tuxedo Junction” about a streetcar intersection on the Ensley-Fairfield line that was a center of nightlife for African Americans.
2 de may. de 2019 · Tippin’ In (Smith) by Erskine Hawkins & his OrchestraTHE 1945 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-selle...
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