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Jumpin' at Apollo: Illinois Jacquet

by Colin Fleming
July 12, 2004

A top soloist and perhaps an undervalued ensemble player, Illinois Jacquet's crowded, busy style lends to a sort of jazz populism--the flashy horn man best known and celebrated for a few outstanding, transcendent performances wholly distinct from the typical quality of his work. In the realm of rock and roll, Jacquet might put one in mind of Alvin Lee and his Woodstock performance of “I'm Coming Home," or in jazz of Paul Gonsalves on “Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in ...