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{{Short description|American jazz musician (born 1939)}}

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'''Marshall Hawkins''' (born July 14, 1939) is a jazz musician and teacher.<ref>[[Feather, Leonard]] and [[Ira Gitler]] (1999) [https://books.google.com/books?id=KEHGs88c-aAC&pg=PA303&dq=marshall+hawkins+miles+davis&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D5dKUrCRMvSf7Aa874HIDg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=marshall%20hawkins%20miles%20davis&f=false ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 303. Oxford University Press.] Google Books. Retrieved October 1, 2013.</ref>
'''Marshall Hawkins''' (born July 14, 1939) is a jazz musician and teacher.<ref>[[Feather, Leonard]] and [[Ira Gitler]] (1999) [https://books.google.com/books?id=KEHGs88c-aAC&dq=marshall+hawkins+miles+davis&pg=PA303 ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 303. Oxford University Press.] Google Books. Retrieved October 1, 2013.</ref> He grew up in [[Washington DC]].<ref name="stokes">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/growingupwithjaz00stok|url-access=registration|quote=Marshall Hawkins.|title=Growing Up with Jazz|first=W|last=Royal Stokes|pages=[https://archive.org/details/growingupwithjaz00stok/page/182 182]–183|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|isbn=9780195347913}}</ref>


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He is possibly best known for being one of several bassists who took over from [[Ron Carter]] when the latter left [[Miles Davis]]' so-called [[Miles Davis Quintet|Second Great Quintet]].<ref>[[Szwed, John]] (2012) [https://books.google.com/books?id=GA-fCdG3CP4C&q=marshall+hawkins&pg=PT290 ''So What: The Life of Miles Davis''. Random House.] Google Books. Retrieved October 1, 2013.</ref> Hawkins played with Miles Davis, along with Herbie Hancock and drummer Tony Williams. More recently, Hawkins has been part of the West Coast version of the Harry Pickens Trio, featuring Louisville jazz pianist, with Harold Mason on drums.
He grew up in [[Washington DC]],<ref name="stokes">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bHiVGixG6cEC&pg=PA182&dq=%22Marshall+Hawkins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PbRKUr30Oaqr0QWcxoHQAg&ved=0CEkQuwUwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Marshall%20Hawkins%22&f=false|title=Growing Up with Jazz|first=W|last=Royal Stokes|pages=182–183|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|isbn=9780195347913}}</ref> in a home filled by the sounds of Verdi, Puccini, Bach, and gospel.


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Hawkins later taught at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA), now [[Idyllwild Arts Academy]], and currently is head of the Jazz Program.
But he was listening to Duke Ellington’s "C Jam Blues" the first time he touched a toy piano, and he tried to play along with it. No record survives of how well he did, but he had been called to a vocation for music. Called to piano, then drums, then the Hammond organ, which he played under the eye of his father, Deacon of Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, and even in the National Cathedral. Finally, in his mid-twenties, he began learning the instrument with which his name has become synonymous, the standup bass.

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He is possibly best known for being one of several bassists who took over from [[Ron Carter]] when the latter left [[Miles Davis]]' so-called [[Miles Davis Quintet|Second Great Quintet]].<ref>[[Szwed, John]] (2012) [https://books.google.com/books?id=GA-fCdG3CP4C&pg=PT290&dq=marshall+hawkins+bass+miles+davis&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kJVKUubbLYXTsgbUt4GgAw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=marshall%20hawkins&f=false ''So What: The Life of Miles Davis''. Random House.] Google Books. Retrieved October 1, 2013.</ref> Hawkins played with Miles Davis himself along with Herbie Hancock and the legendary drummer Tony Williams. More recently, Hawkins has been part of the West Coast version of the Harry Pickens Trio, featuring the renowned Louisville jazz pianist, with Harold Mason on drums.

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Hawkins later taught at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA), now Idyllwild Arts Academy, and currently is head of the Jazz Program. His annual Black History Month Concert, in the William M. Lowman Concert Hall on campus, is widely regarded as a highlight of the Academy's school year.

Hawkins is revered by his students, no matter what instrument they play, particularly Evan Christopher, Jason Jackson, Graham Dechter, Casey Abrams, Mike Barnett, and many others.

"He's an artist on a deeper spiritual level," says the drummer Andy Fraga, Jr., Idyllwild Arts Academy Class of 1997. "Think about the guys he played with in the late Sixties. To these guys jazz was a huge spiritual thing. Marshall is steeped in that history and he brings it to every note he plays."

To the delight of his many fans, he continues to teach and play regular gigs in the small town of Idyllwild, California, where he lives with his wife, Desiree.

“My practice habits are stringent," he says. "Even in the car I'm thinking about fingering."

He practices at every opportunity because, even in his late seventies, he wonders "What else can I do and can I do it better?"


On February 5, 2022, Hawkins received an honorary doctorate of music performance from a [[California Baptist University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacob |first=Robertson |date=February 7, 2022 |title=CBU honors renowned bassist with honorary doctorate degree |url=https://calbaptist.edu/news/cbu_honors_renowned_bassist_with_honorary_doctorate_degree |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=California Baptist University}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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*1970: ''[[Chapter Two (Roberta Flack album)|Chapter Two]]'' – [[Roberta Flack]]
*1970: ''[[Chapter Two (Roberta Flack album)|Chapter Two]]'' – [[Roberta Flack]]
*1970: ''[[Everything Is Everything (Donny Hathaway album)|Everything Is Everything]]'' – [[Donny Hathaway]]
*1970: ''[[Everything Is Everything (Donny Hathaway album)|Everything Is Everything]]'' – [[Donny Hathaway]]
*1976: ''[[Starburst (Reuben Brown album)|Starburst]]'' - [[Reuben Brown Trio Featuring Richie Cole]]
*1979: ''[[Hollywood Madness (Richie Cole album)|Hollywood Madness]]'' - [[Richie Cole (musician)|Richie Cole]]
*1981: ''[[Tokyo Madness (Richie Cole album)|Tokyo Madness]]'' - [[Richie Cole (musician)|Richie Cole]]
*1985: ''[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]'' – [[The Manhattan Transfer]]
*1985: ''[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]'' – [[The Manhattan Transfer]]
*1987: ''[[Popbop (Richie Cole album)|Popbob]]'' - [[Richie Cole (musician)|Richie Cole]]
*1998: ''[[Richie & Phil & Richie (Richie Cole album)|Richie & Phil & Richie]]'' - [[Richie Cole (musician)|Richie Cole]]
*2003: ''[[Marshall Hawkins and Seahawk (Marshall Hawkins album)|Marshall Hawkins and Seahawk]]'' - [[Marshall Hawkins (musician)|Marshall Hawkins]]


==References==
==References==
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==External Links==
==External links==
* [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/marshall-hawkins-0 Marshall Hawkins Interview] NAMM Oral History Library (2019)
* [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/marshall-hawkins-0 Marshall Hawkins Interview] NAMM Oral History Library (2019)

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Latest revision as of 21:10, 8 November 2024

Marshall Hawkins (born July 14, 1939) is a jazz musician and teacher.[1] He grew up in Washington DC.[2]

He is possibly best known for being one of several bassists who took over from Ron Carter when the latter left Miles Davis' so-called Second Great Quintet.[3] Hawkins played with Miles Davis, along with Herbie Hancock and drummer Tony Williams. More recently, Hawkins has been part of the West Coast version of the Harry Pickens Trio, featuring Louisville jazz pianist, with Harold Mason on drums.

Hawkins later taught at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA), now Idyllwild Arts Academy, and currently is head of the Jazz Program.

On February 5, 2022, Hawkins received an honorary doctorate of music performance from a California Baptist University.[4]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ Feather, Leonard and Ira Gitler (1999) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, p. 303. Oxford University Press. Google Books. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Royal Stokes, W (2005). Growing Up with Jazz. Oxford University Press. pp. 182–183. ISBN 9780195347913. Marshall Hawkins.
  3. ^ Szwed, John (2012) So What: The Life of Miles Davis. Random House. Google Books. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Jacob, Robertson (February 7, 2022). "CBU honors renowned bassist with honorary doctorate degree". California Baptist University. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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