When Cheryl Davis was first approached to write a play about Birmingham musician Erskine Hawkins, the New Yorker admits she didn’t know a lot about him. “I knew of him as a musician, but not much more ...

(CBS 11) - Today, we take you back to 1939, some 80 years ago, to the big band/swing era. Erskine Hawkins (born July 26, 1914 and died November 11, 1993) was an American trumpeter and big band leader ...

Who: Erskine Hawkins (1914-1993). What: Trumpet player, band leader, recording artist. Type of music: Jazz, blues, swing. Alabama roots: Born in Birmingham. Also ...

Saturday is the 100th birthday of Erskine Hawkins, trumpeter and bandleader, “the 20th-Century Gabriel.” Named after Erskine Ramsay — a Birmingham, Ala., coal-mining magnate and educational ...

People rarely recognize the state of Alabama as the birthplace of some of the most important American celebrities of all time such as Truman Capote, Willie Mays and Joe Louis. Since it remains unclear ...

We have to congratulate Pianote, because for its latest piano challenge, it appears to have found one of the few music fans in the world who hasn’t heard Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso. Actually, we ...

On this day in 1975, pianist Keith Jarrett set a new standard for recorded solo jazz performance. The occasion was a performance in Koln, Germany, -- one in a series of live concerts in Europe after a ...

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People rarely recognize the state of Alabama as the birthplace of some of the most important American celebrities of all time such as Truman Capote, Willie Mays and Joe Louis. Since it remains unclear ...

side 1: Art Tatum Begin the Beguine [track 1] Where Or When [track 2] Night and Day [track 3] Poor Butterfly [track 4]; side 2: Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra. I Guess I'll Have To Get Along ...