Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet

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Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his powerful, blues-infused solos and his pioneering role in the development of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll.

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instanceOf bandleader
human
jazz musician
tenor saxophonist
activeYearsEnd 2004
activeYearsStart 1930s
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1922-10-31
dateOfDeath 2004-07-22
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Jacquet NERFINISHED
genre jazz
jump blues
rhythm and blues
swing
givenName Jean-Baptiste NERFINISHED
honor named Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts
influenced Arnett Cobb NERFINISHED
Buddy Tate NERFINISHED
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis NERFINISHED
early rock and roll
rhythm and blues
influencedBy Coleman Hawkins NERFINISHED
Lester Young NERFINISHED
instrument alto saxophone
tenor saxophone
memberOf Cab Calloway Orchestra NERFINISHED
Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED
Lionel Hampton Orchestra NERFINISHED
nickname Illinois Jacquet NERFINISHED
notableEvent performed famous tenor sax solo on Lionel Hampton's 1942 recording of "Flying Home"
notableFeature use of honking tenor saxophone riffs
notableWork "Blues Part 2" NERFINISHED
"Robbins' Nest" NERFINISHED
solo on "Flying Home"
performedAt Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Broussard, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld leader of the Illinois Jacquet Big Band
recordLabel Atlantic Records
Clef Records NERFINISHED
Prestige Records NERFINISHED
Verve Records
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
style powerful, blues-infused tenor saxophone playing

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Illinois Jacquet fullName Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet