Marshall Hawkins (musician)

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Marshall Hawkins (born 14 July 1939) is a jazz musician and teacher. A multi-instrumentalist, although best-known as a bassist, he also plays piano, organ and drums.^[1]

Hawkins 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] He later taught at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.^[2]

Discography

1965: Travelin' Light – Shirley Horn
1970: Chapter Two – Roberta Flack
1970: Everything Is Everything – Donny Hathaway
1985: Vocalese – The Manhattan Transfer

References

↑ Feather, Leonard and Ira Gitler (1999) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, p. 303. Oxford University Press. Google Books. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Royal Stokes, W (2005). Growing Up with Jazz. Oxford University Press. pp. 182–183. ISBN 9780195347913.
↑ Szwed, John (2012) So What: The Life of Miles Davis. Random House. Google Books. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

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Name	Hawkins, Marshall
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Short description	American musician
Date of birth	14 July 1939
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