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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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2004 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-10-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2004-07-22 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Jacquet ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
jump blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
swing ⓘ
givenName Jean-Baptiste ⓘ
honor named Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ
influenced Arnett Cobb ⓘ
Buddy Tate ⓘ
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis ⓘ
early rock and roll ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
influencedBy Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
instrument alto saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
memberOf Cab Calloway Orchestra ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Lionel Hampton Orchestra ⓘ
nickname Illinois Jacquet ⓘ
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" ⓘ
linked to: Blues Part 2

"Robbins' Nest" ⓘ
linked to: Robbins’ Nest

solo on "Flying Home" ⓘ
performedAt Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts ⓘ
placeOfBirth Broussard, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
positionHeld leader of the Illinois Jacquet Big Band ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Clef Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
sexOrGender male ⓘ
style powerful, blues-infused tenor saxophone playing ⓘ

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