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Illinois Jacquet: Swingin
by Jim Santella
Bandleader Illinois Jacquet suffered a heart attack and passed away at age 81, just six days after this ninety-minute, July 16th, 2004 plaza concert at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing. It was his favorite engagement, his band's seventeenth appearance for the series. The previous May, the Juilliard School had awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Music ...
Illinois Jacquet
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Diggin' the Count 2. Bottoms Up (78) 3. Ghost of a Chance 4. South Street Special (LP)
5. Jacquet Bounce 6. Robbin's Nest 7. Jumpin' at Apollo 8. What's This 9. Memories of
You 10. Music Hall Beat 11. Jumpin' at the Woodside (78) 12. Merle's Mood (78) 13.
She's Funny That Way 14. 12 Minutes To Go (78) 15. Wondering and Thinking of You 16.
Here Comes the Blues 17. Wynonie's Blues 18. Bottoms Up (LP) 19. 12 Minutes To Go
(LP) 20. Merle's Mood (LP) 21. South Street Special (78) 22. Jumpin' at the Woodside
(LP) 23. Jacquet Mood
Memories of Illinois
by AAJ Staff
Just one day after my tribute/obit to the death of Eddie Green and Arthur Harper, Illinois Jacquet, perhaps the most exciting tenor sax of the glory years, died at 81 from a heart attack.I was pretty much determined not to write another obit inasmuch as I had already done another in my prior column. ...
Jacquet and Granz: Class Acts
by Marshall Bowden
The recent passing of jazz impresario Norman Granz brought to mind his Jazz at the Philharmonic series of concerts, and that brought to mind the person of Illinois Jacquet, who was a popular fixture at many of the JATP concerts. Jean Baptiste “Illinois" Jacquet was merely 19 years old when, as a member of ...
Jumpin' at Apollo: Illinois Jacquet
by Colin Fleming
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 ...
Jacquet's Got It
Label: Label M
Released: 2001
Track listing: Tickletoe; Smooth Sailin'; More Than You Know; Stompin' At The Savoy; Three Buckets Of Jive; You Left Me Alone; Runnin's With Ron; Blues From Louisiana. (Total Time: 44:27)
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