Albums by Illinois Jacquet
ALBUMThe Jacquet Files, Vol. 2 (Big Band Rehearsal 1986)Illinois Jacquet
ALBUMAll that Jazz, Vol. 88: Sax-Empathy – Illinois Jacquet & Friends in Studio and on Stage (Remastered 2017)Illinois Jacquet
ALBUMJacquet JumpsIllinois Jacquet
ALBUMIllinois JacquetIllinois Jacquet
ALBUMJazz Foundations, Vol. 31: Illinois JacquetIllinois Jacquet
ALBUMThe Man I LoveIllinois Jacquet
ALBUMLoot to BootIllinois Jacquet
ALBUMJazz At the Philharmonic: Blues In Chicago 1955Oscar Peterson, Illinois Jacquet & Herb Ellis
ALBUMGod Bless My Solo (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Paris 1978))Illinois Jacquet
ALBUMThe Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Jacquet's Street (Nice, France 1976)Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet's Popular Music Videos
Flying Home (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, July 10, 1949)
Illinois Jacquet
Blues Part Two (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, July 10, 1949)
Illinois Jacquet
Artist Biography
Illinois Jacquet, known as the foremost of the "Texas tenor titans," is one of the most influential figures in both jazz and R&B saxophone. He started out playing in "territory bands" for the likes of Milt Larkins, but first came to fame in the early 1940s with the Lionel Hampton band. His solo on the 1942 Hampton cut "Flying Home" made him a star of the jazz world, and remains one of his signature pieces. Throughout the '40s he worked with Count Basie, Cab Calloway, and others, eventually leading his own band. His innovations of "honking" on the sax's low end and "squealing" octaves above the instrument's normal range were adopted by countless younger jazz and R&B sax players, and his playing provided a significant bridge between jazz and blues, wailing solos and tender ballads.
Hometown
Boussard, LA, United States
Genre
Jazz