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Illinois Jacquet's reputation as a premier improvising swing-to-bop tenor saxophonist is firmly cemented via these 20 selections, actually the best of the Clef label recordings in the '50s produced by Norman Granz. This is a well-chosen collection, with groups ranging from small ensembles and spirited organ combos (check out the very hip "Port of Rico") to a select few big bands. Many tracks such as "Speedliner," "Heads," "The Kid and the Brute," and "Achtung" were perfect jam vehicles, and are great inclusions here, but Jacquet was not only known in that format. His extraordinary ballad work, rivaled only by Lester Young and Ben Webster, is well represented on a smattering of standards as well as "Pastel," "Bluesitis," and "Where Are You?" On top of that, you get all-time hits "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Cotton Tail," and his signature solo during "Flying Home." The urgent, forward-thinking, or tender sound of Illinois Jacquet is well documented on this fine compilation, which is easily recommended for both Jacquet mavens and newcomers to this mighty musician.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
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ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - G. Callender, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Ahmad K Salim, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
A.K. Salim, ComposerLyricist - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy May, ComposerLyricist - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Alfred Roy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Harold Adamson, Author - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marty Symes, Author - Jerry Livingston, Composer - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Al Neiburg, Author - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ben Webster, MainArtist - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry "Sweets" Edison, ComposerLyricist - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author - Fats Waller, Composer - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mitchell Parish, Author - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - David Roy Eldridge, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - RAY BROWN, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Val Valentine, Producer - Wade Lee Sr. Davis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, ComposerLyricist - ILLINOIS JACQUET, MainArtist - Val Valentin, Producer - Sidney Robbins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Illinois Jacquet's reputation as a premier improvising swing-to-bop tenor saxophonist is firmly cemented via these 20 selections, actually the best of the Clef label recordings in the '50s produced by Norman Granz. This is a well-chosen collection, with groups ranging from small ensembles and spirited organ combos (check out the very hip "Port of Rico") to a select few big bands. Many tracks such as "Speedliner," "Heads," "The Kid and the Brute," and "Achtung" were perfect jam vehicles, and are great inclusions here, but Jacquet was not only known in that format. His extraordinary ballad work, rivaled only by Lester Young and Ben Webster, is well represented on a smattering of standards as well as "Pastel," "Bluesitis," and "Where Are You?" On top of that, you get all-time hits "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Cotton Tail," and his signature solo during "Flying Home." The urgent, forward-thinking, or tender sound of Illinois Jacquet is well documented on this fine compilation, which is easily recommended for both Jacquet mavens and newcomers to this mighty musician.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:23
- Main artists: Illinois Jacquet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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