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Illinois Jacquet

Broussard, United States • 1922-10-31 – 2004-07-22

Illinois Jacquet is credited on 1,405 releases across 369 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,405

Pressings credited

369

Albums

8

Decades active

65

In collections

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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1,405 releases · 369 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,984
  • Other credits · 60
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Carnegie Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival · Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California

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