Biography
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) 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 bassoon, one of only a few jazz musicians to use the instrument.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Ella And Basie!
1963
I Just Dropped By To Say Hello
1964
The Art Of The Trio
1980
Newport In New York '72 (The Jimmy Smith Jam, Vol 5)
1972
This Is Henry Mancini
1970
Sunshine Of Your Love
1969
Sinatra - Basie: An Historic Musical First
1962
Sinatra And Swingin' Brass
1962
The Mancini Touch
1960
In The Beginning
2015
Blues In The Night
1979
History Of Jazz
1978
The Historic Recordings
1976
Jammin With Lester
1974
Meets The Master Saxes - Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet
1974
Girl Talk
1968
Newport Uproar!
1968
Inside Basie Outside
1966
Live Where The Action's At!
1966
Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances
1960
Ben Webster And Associates
1959
Ella Fitzgerald At The Opera House
1958
Count Basie At Newport
1957
One O'Clock Jump
1957
Credited work
1,833 releases · 368 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 3,034
- Other credits · 107
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Carnegie Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival · Philharmonic Auditorium
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Count Basie
- Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra
- Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic
- Jazz At The Philharmonic
- Count Basie And His Orchestra
- Gene Krupa