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Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet has been played on NTS shows including Rum Punch w/ Danny Fitzgerald , with Blackfoot first played on 25 October 2016.

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…

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Mambocito Mio
Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster
Clef Records, Verve Records1993
Mambocito Mio
Illinois Jacquet, Ben WebsterClef Records, Verve Records1993
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Blackfoot
Illinois Jacquet
Greenline SRL1987
Blackfoot
Illinois JacquetGreenline SRL1987
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