Illinois Jacquet
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illinois-jacquet-173-8118482
title:
Illinois Jacquet
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Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. He is also known as one of the writers of the jazz standard "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad." 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 ba
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American jazz tenor saxophonist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Jacquet
date created:
2003-06-05T02:48:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T19:02:53Z
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