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For the first half of the twentieth century the two men who have most influenced the tenor saxophone as an important jazz voice were Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young.
The trumpet as pioneered by King Oliver and subsequently defined for all time by Louis Armstrong was the first instrument to achieve ensemble pre-eminence.
But by the mid and late 20s through his long residency with Fletcher Henderson's band the rich tonality and fluency of the Hawkins horn challenged Armstrong's solo supremacy.
Then in the mid 30s along came a quite different tenor saxophone tonality plus improvisational brilliance and this was Lester Young with Count Basie's band.
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These men remained the models of tenor sax jazz expression till in the late 50s and early 60s when John Coletrane established his ascendency.
In Washington State up in the Pacific North West a slightly built teenager called Gene "Corky" Corcoran was perfecting his tenor sax style based on his hero Coleman Hawkins.
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