Born: Boussard, LA, 1922
Years Active: 1991
Member of: Emmett Berry's Hot Six
Influenced by: Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins
Genre: Jazz
Biography: One of the great tenors, Illinois Jacquet's 1942 "Flying Home" solo is considered the first R&B sax solo, and spawned a full ...
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10/22/09
Is there Virtue in Virtuosity? (Column) There was a time, perhaps, when playing jazz was...
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