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	Erskine Hawkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hawkins was born in Birmingham in 1914, the son of a U.S. soldier who lost his life in military action during the first world war.
		With Hawkins and Dud Bascomb sharing the trumpet solos, Paul Bascomb or Julian Dash heard on tenors, Haywood Henry on baritone and pianist Avery Parrish, this was a solidly swinging band that delighted dancers and jazz fans alike.
		Hawkins led a smaller unit during his last few decades (the survivors of the big band had a recorded reunion in 1971) and the trumpeter kept on working into the 1980s.
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	Solid! -- Erskine Hawkins
		Nicknamed the ''20th Century Gabriel,'' bandleader and composer Erskine Hawkins is best remembered today for his composition ''Tuxedo Junction,'' which proved to be a big hit for his orchestra as well as those of Glenn Miller and Jan Savitt.
		Hawkins was offered a contract with the Bluebird label and decided not to return to Alabama, changing the outfit's name to the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra.
		Erskine Hawkins passed away in 1992 after suffering a heart attack.
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	Erskine Hawkins : Classics 1946 1947 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	Bluebird Jazz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hawkins then spent a year on the West Coast, recording with Pettiford and another modernist, Howard McGhee (all three appeared in a film, Crimson Canary).
		From 1946 to the early Fifties, Hawkins was such a star that he could pick the spots when he felt like joining the burgeoning touring circuit?even eliciting the impresario Norman Granz?s fawning gratitude when he chose to join his Jazz at the Philharmonic.
		Hawkins was an artist of such integrity that he never veered from the path that he?d chosen in his youth.
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		In the '30s, Hawkins rivalled much bigger names in engagements all across the USA, and in particular at prestigious New York venues such as Roseland and the Savoy.
		Billed as The Twentieth Century Gabriel, Hawkins made a number of very successful records, including After Hours and Tuxedo Junction, the latter a composition by Hawkins and several members of the band which became their theme tune.
		Hawkins continued to lead his big band throughout the '40s, surviving the winter of 1946/7 which saw the end of many name bands.
	www.centrohd.com /bio/bio20/erskine_hawkins_b.htm (268 words)

	Erskine Hawkins -- Erskine Hawkins (July 26, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama-Nov... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Erskine Hawkins -- Erskine Hawkins (July 26, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama-Nov...
		Erskine Hawkins (July 26, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama-November 11, 1993) was a trumpet player and big band leader, dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel".
		He is most remembered as the composer of the jazz standard, [["Tuxedo Junction"]] (1939), which became a popular hit during World War II.
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	Erskine Hawkins : 1938 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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		erskine hawkins : 1938 1940 : denny doherty : waiting for a song.
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	20th Century Composers - Erskine Hawkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Erskine Hawkins was born in Birmingham, Alabama and began his musical career at the age of seven when he learned the drums.
		By the age of 13, he decided to channel his musical energies into playing the trumpet, which was his main instrument for the rest of his career.
		Erskine was still promoting and teaching new jazz talent even up into the 1980’s.
	www.bellevuechamberchorus.net /Research/20thCentury/Composer/ErskineHawkins.htm (180 words)

	CMT.com : Avery Parrish : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Erskine Hawkins' Orchestra but his playing career was actually tragically brief.
		Parrish was with Hawkins through the glory years, staying until 1941 and appearing on all of the band's early recordings.
		Parrish left Hawkins in 1941 to work in California but a year later he was in a bar fight, suffered partial paralysis and his playing career was over; he was only 24.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/parrish_avery/bio.jhtml (176 words)

	Erskine Hawkins Lyrics Albums Review
		Erskine Hawkins never was as popular as many of the other big bands.
		Erskine eschews both the plodding bass drum thump of the Goodman/Krupa recordings and the heavy, dead-weight orchestrations of the Miller band.
		Erskine Hawkins Erskine Hawkins Lyrics are property of their owners & provided for educational purposes only.
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	Bascomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tenorman Paul Bascomb was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1910, and he and his trumpeteer brother Warren "Dud" Bascomb were charter members of the 'Bama State Collegians, which later renamed themselves the Erskine Hawkins Band.
		He remained with Erskine Hawkins regularly (not counting two years with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he replaced Herschel Evans during 1938 and 1939) until 1944, after which he co-led a band with Dud for several years.
		Erskine Hawkins in 1936 has about the first example of a tenor honk repeated on record (Cecil Scott's "In A Corner" from 1929 is more hokum than true honking).
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	Erskine Hawkins. Bandleader, Trompeter
		Erskine Hawkins war ein talentierter high-note-Trompeter und Bandleader.
		Hawkins beeinflußte andere Swingbands aber auch den Rhythm and Blues, wie zum Beispiel den jungen Ray Charles.
		Although the orchestra could rely an Hawkins' incisive, full-blooded trumpet, Julian Dash's tenor and Avery Parrish's piano for its solo strength (in addition to such worthy warriors as Dud and Paul Bascomb, Bill Johnson and Heywood Henry), it was as a cohesive ensemble that it really came into its own.
	www.gavagai.de /musik/HHM53.htm (784 words)

	Erskine softball team sets sights high
		Erskine College softball coach Alleen Hawkins knows she has a young team this season, but the 2005 edition of the Flying Fleet has set some lofty goals.
		Hawkins coached softball at Furman University and the University of Georgia before coming to Erskine five years ago.
		Hawkins said her first challenge was to "establish some pride in the program."
	www.erskine.edu /news/02.24.05/sb.02.24.05.htm (704 words)

	Erskine Hawkins MP3 Downloads - Erskine Hawkins Music Downloads - Erskine Hawkins Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This chronologically arranged series of hit records forms an arc that spans ten years in the life of Erskine Hawkins, trumpet-wielding leader of a remarkably hot big band and instigator of popular trends.
		Even though this core sample misses out on Hawkins' exciting recordings from the late '30s, it is a valuable time capsule filled with...
		Even though this core sample misses out on Hawkins' exciting recordings from the late '30s, it is a valuable time capsule filled with excitement.
	www.mp3.com /albums/613403/summary.html (440 words)

	Erskine Hawkins @ All About Jazz
		The first formal appearance of Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra was in 1938 when the band won a recording contract with RCA Victor.
		Hawkins, whose biggest influences were Louis Armstrong records, skipped out on an 'Bama State Collegians band trip to New Jersey so he could play some gigs in New York.
		Hawkins' band was so popular that he was able to retain a permanent roster of players, most of whom were from Birmingham.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/musician.php?id=2677 (302 words)

	Erskine Hawkins' Chart-Erfolge
		Erskine Hawkins machte Aufnahmen für Vocalion (als Erskine Hawkins and His 'Bama State Collegians), Bluebird, RCA, Coral, King, Decca.
		The band had heard Erskine Hawkins play the tune on the night the two bands played at the Savoy Ballroom, and Glenn had noted the crowd's reaction.
		The Hawkins band had recorded the tune the previous summer, but only the most hip had dug the record, and apparently non of the influential Millerians were among them.
	www.gavagai.de /musik/HHM53TJ.htm (761 words)

	HAWKINS, Erskine : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hawkins was a high-note specialist on trumpet, billed as 'The 20th-Century Gabriel'; other soloists incl.
		Novelty swing version of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Let The Punishment Fit The Crime' '38 had vocal by alto saxist Jimmy Mitchelle; biggest hit was 'Tuxedo Junction' '39, written by Hawkins, Dash and Johnson, covered by Glenn Miller for a classic of the whole era.
		French RCA has issued complete '38-- 50 material in several sets, all excellent entertainment; The Original Tuxedo Junction on BMG CD is a good compilation.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/h/H62.HTM (331 words)

	American BigBands - Page 3 "H" Bands
		While attending State Teachers College (Alabama) Erskine Hawkins was chosen to replace J.B. Sims as leader of the school band, The 'Bama State Collegians.
		It was during this visit that the band was renamed the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra and was signed to a contract on Bluebird records.
		Hawkins wrote a number of the bands charts including "Tuxedo Junction" and "Gin Mill Special".
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		Two years later the band was under the leadership of Erskine Hawkins and Wilbur, now known universally as Dud, went with the band to New York.
		Most listeners assumed the trumpet solo was by Hawkins, but Bascomb delivered the noted trumpet styling on the record, combining a fuller tone and concentrating on the lower register in his solos.
		Dud remained with Hawkins through 1944 and was present on the band's hit records of the time including "Miss Hallelujah Brown" (Bluebird #7810), "Easy Rider" (Bluebird #10029), and "Gabriel Meets The Duke" (Bluebird #10671).
	home.earthlink.net /~v1tiger/Dudbascomb.html (646 words)

	SJH
		Born Jalacy Hawkins on July 18, 1929, Screamin' Jay Hawkins grew up in Cleveland, spending the first year of his life in an orphanage.
		Hawkins was included in a session for Gotham.
		Hawkins left Tiny Grimes and played with a slew of performers, including Gotham saxman Johnny Sparrow in Philadelphia.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Lot/3001/sjh_early_years.html (1255 words)

	ACE HARRIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Like many of the Hawkins alumni, Harris conducted his own solo recording career while still a member of the big band, and between 1945 and 1948 he recorded for New York City labels Hub and Sterling - including a cheeky tip-of-the-hat to Parrish with a new version of After Hours.
		He rejoined Hawkins' band in 1950 to record for Coral Records, reprising After Hours and providing Hawkins with his last r&b chart hit, Tennessee Waltz (#6 1950).
		He enjoyed a one-off reunion with his brother-in-law Erskine Hawkins' band in 1955 to record a couple of singles for Decca, and the following year he was featured playing the title track of a King LP called After Hours, when the Cincinnati-based record company used his decade-old Hub recording for a compilation album.
	www.rockabilly.nl /references/messages/ace_harris.htm (583 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Bama State Collegians stayed together as a professional unit from the mid thirties on and assumed the leadership of trumpeter Erskine Hawkins.
		The band of Erskine Hawkins during the swing years had some successes including "After Hours" featuring the band's pianist Avery Parish, the original version of "Tuxedo Junction" written by Paul and Hawkins, and "Tippin' In".
		There is an extensive series of Erskine Hawkins retrospectives for the Classics label from the mid and late thirties.
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	Smith "That's for Sure!" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1944 Bobby Smith accepted an offer from Erskine Hawkins, with whom he was to remain until 1960.
		Although he received three offers from Duke Ellington and one from Jimmie Lunceford, Smith was happy with Hawkins.
		Smith almost immediately reinvigorated the Hawkins band by writing one of its biggest hits, "Tippin' In." The music had the bounce and drive appropriate to Harlem's Savoy ballroom, where Hawkins reigned for so many years.
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	Erskine Hawkins and His Orch Discography
		The discography below is not a chronological record of Erskine Hawkins and His Orch albums, singles and compact discs.
		All LPs, CDs and specified in this discography are a small selection of this artist, designed to help anyone who is record collecting Erskine Hawkins and His Orch music recordings which have been for sale.
		Erskine Hawkins and His Orch Stuff For Sale...
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	Bama State Collegians
		Julian Dash, saxophonist from South Carolina, played in Erskine Hawkins' band along with other bands in New York during the late 1930's and 1940''s.
		It is important in jazz history that a jazz band played a principal role in the continued existence of a major institution of higher education, and that the music had the kind of appeal and acceptance by a wide audience to enable it to raise large sums of money.
		During the period 1936-1940, which marked the early years, the personnel of the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra consisted of former members of the Bama State Collegians.
	www.alamhof.org /bamastate.htm (505 words)

	Search Results for Hawkins - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		American jazz musician whose improvisational mastery of the tenor saxophone, which had previously been viewed as little more than a novelty, helped establish it as one of the most popular instruments...
		English seaman and adventurer whose Observations in His Voyage Into the South Sea (1622) gives the best extant idea of Elizabethan life at sea and was used by Charles Kingsley for Westward Ho!.
		Born on the Crowndale estate of Lord Francis Russell, 2nd earl of Bedford, Drake's father, Edmund Drake, was the son of one of the latter's tenant farmers.
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	MMD Archives: 'After Hours'
		In MMD 980407 Fritz Gellerman asks if the "After Hours" on my piano roll (JAM 149) is the same tune as that on his late lamented Erskine Hawkins 78 rpm record.
		The Erskine Hawkins 78 was recorded on 10 June 1940 and released on the Bluebird label.
		As I have never heard the Hawkins record I have no way of knowing if the two pieces are in fact one and the same.
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	Haywood Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Henry was a fixture with Hawkins from 1934 into the early 1950's, taking occasional solos.
		In his post-Hawkins years, Henry played with Tiny Grimes, recorded with Julian Dash (1951), was with the Fletcher Henderson Reunion Band of 1957-58 and was busy recording over 1000 rock and roll records over a ten-year period (often with Mickey Baker), appearing anonymously on many hit records.
		Henry recorded with an Erskine Hawkins reunion group (1971) and was active into the late 1980's.
	www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/8586/henry.html (233 words)

	Paul Bascomb
		ne of the originators of the Bama State Collegians, which subsequently became the Erskine Hawkins Band.
		While at college he did some touring with the C.S. Belton Band out of Florida, then worked regularly with Bama State Band, moving with them to New York in 1934.
		He remained with Erskine Hawkins until 1944, then co-led a band with his brother "Dud" for several years before branching out with his own band.
	www.alamhof.org /bascombp.htm (112 words)

	Search Results for Erskine - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Hawkins, Erskine Britannica Book of the Year 1994
		Scottish lord who played a major role in deposing Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (reigned 1542–67), and gaining the crown for her infant son James VI (later James I of England); Mar was regent for James...
		Mar, John Erskine, 2nd and 19th Earl of
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