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Coleman Hawkins

Day 21
#17 – Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and occasionally ‘Bean’ (1904–1969). American jazz tenor saxophonist. Albums include: Body & Soul (1956), Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957) and Night Hawk (1961).

Hawk is such a distinctive nickname that this became the main focus. After moving the letters around on the page I arrived at a pleasing arrangement where the shapes balanced well on the page. It needed something more and the addition of the tenor sax drawing helped bring it to life.

3 hours

Listen...

to excerpt from ‘Body and Soul’.

 
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