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Illinois Jacquet
Jacquet, New York City, c. May 1947 (Photograph by William Paul Gottlieb)
Background information
Birth name
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet
Born
(1922-10-30)October 30, 1922 Broussard, Louisiana, US
Died
July 22, 2004(2004-07-22) (aged 81) New York City, New York, US
Genres
Swing, bebop, jump blues
Occupation(s)
Musician, bandleader, composer
Instrument(s)
Tenor saxophone, bassoon, alto saxophone
Years active
1941–2004
Labels
Apollo, Savoy, Aladdin, RCA, Verve, Mercury, Roulette, Epic, Argo, Prestige, Black Lion, Black & Blue, Atlantic
Musical artist
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004)[1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.[2]
Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor saxophone that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of early rock and roll, Jacquet 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 the instrument.
^Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 380. ISBN 978-0313344237.
^Yanow, Scott (2010). "Illinois Jacquet". All Music biography. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
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