Illinois Jacquet

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Born
31 October 1922
Born In
Broussard, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States
Died
22 July 2004 (aged 81)
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home". He is better known simply as Illinois Jacquet. Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor sax that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of rock and roll, he was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads. He doubled on the bassoon, one of only a few jazz musicians to use this instrument. Jacquet was born to a Sioux mother and a Creole father in Broussard, Louisiana and moved to Houston, Te… read more
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home". He is better known simply as Illinois Jacquet. Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor sax that became a regular feature of jazz playing a… read more
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home". He is better known simply as Illinois Jacquet. Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor sax that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of rock and roll, he was a skilled and melodic improviser,… read more

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1 Play track Verve 6 Great Jazz Harlem Nocturne
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2 Play track On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Alt 1 On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Alt 1
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3 Play track God Bless My Solo God Bless My Solo
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4 Flying Home - The Best Of The Verve Years Las Vegas Blues
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5 Play track Complete Jazz Series 1951 - 1952 Port Of Rico (07-22-52)
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6 Play track Flying Home - The Best Of The Verve Years Have You Met Miss Jones?
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7 Play track Flying Home - The Best Of The Verve Years Achtung
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8 Play track I. Jacquet - Swing's The Thing Lullaby Of The Leaves
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9 Play track Swing's the Thing Can't We Be Friends?
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10 Play track Flying Home: The Illinois Jacquet Story Bottom's Up
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  1. 13,110 listeners

    1 Jan 1957 · 6 tracks

    Swing's the Thing
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  2. 4,805 listeners

    31 Dec 2004 · 11 tracks

    I. Jacquet - Swing's The Thing
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  3. 4,444 listeners

    1 Jan 2002 · 23 tracks

    Jumpin' at Apollo
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  4. 3,865 listeners

    1953 · 6 tracks

    Illinois Jacquet
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