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As far as myself, I think I'm the second one.\" Miles Davis once said: \"When I heard Hawk I learned to play ballads.\" Hawkins was nicknamed \"Hawk\" and sometimes \"Bean\".\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Coleman+Hawkins","playStationPath":"/stations/113562066/play","stationId":113562066,"bioPath":"/music/Coleman+Hawkins/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Benny+Golson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1fe/1fe54d771df45de7c9ed72a028d57436_md.jpg","artistName":"Benny Golson","artistId":83667,"station_id":269118363},{"musicPath":"/music/Anita+O+Day","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/24a/24a0a096344b2d2c71dc125696af46fc_md.jpg","artistName":"Anita O'Day","artistId":7735,"station_id":113636096},{"musicPath":"/music/Duke+Ellington+Orchestra","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9ec/9ecd65c043e0e2c323274724c0df496b_md.jpg","artistName":"Duke Ellington Orchestra","artistId":1036,"station_id":267904853},{"musicPath":"/music/Roy+Eldridge","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/aeb/aebe3820b0e2e0711dd80cc2b2c1acd8_md.jpg","artistName":"Roy Eldridge","artistId":3710,"station_id":114363735},{"musicPath":"/music/Yusef+Lateef","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d4c/d4c1b6b146a74aac5f2d5568818da5fa_md.jpg","artistName":"Yusef Lateef","artistId":100814,"station_id":280763301},{"musicPath":"/music/Barney+Kessel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/606/606550b65580ad3f16db3f88bc2de641_md.jpg","artistName":"Barney Kessel","artistId":95624,"station_id":276275744},{"musicPath":"/music/Ella+Fitzgerald","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8bb/8bbe8f9dce9239ef214efc91574bfd75_md.jpg","artistName":"Ella Fitzgerald","artistId":363,"station_id":113269344},{"musicPath":"/music/Hank+Jones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e13/e13bb1b8186659727cd0b75c986783fa_md.jpg","artistName":"Hank Jones","artistId":102234,"station_id":279479368},{"musicPath":"/music/Woody+Herman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/613/613af58564097e2ff51f7d48bddeac86_md.jpg","artistName":"Woody Herman","artistId":10682,"station_id":113873923},{"musicPath":"/music/Gerry+Mulligan+Quartet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a1c/a1cdc9692078f7993c014dfea22a51c6_md.jpg","artistName":"Gerry Mulligan Quartet","artistId":101805,"station_id":280763904},{"musicPath":"/music/J+J+Johnson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/55f/55f217d5fb37bc676f6ee836976fd3b7_md.jpg","artistName":"J.J. 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