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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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

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(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 ...

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 ...

On July 26, 2005, the Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral in the first shuttle launch since the 2003 Columbia tragedy. On this day in 1975, pianist Keith Jarrett set a new standard for recorded ...