The Jazz-O-Rama Hour: The 78s of Illinois Jacquet on The Jazz-O-Rama Hour - Saturday, March 2, 3:30 pm ET

On Saturday, March 2, 3:30 pm ET, 11:30 am PT, Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama returns with a new hour devoted to the 78 RPM recordings of Jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet. (http://www.CultRadioAGoGo.com)

Wailing Tenor Sax will fill the air when the 78 RPM records of Illinois Jacquet will be heard on the 31st edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour airing this Saturday, March 3 at 3:30 pm ET / 12:30 pm PT, on Internet radio powerhouse Cult Radio-A-Go-Go! http://www.CultRadioAGoGo.com (part of Joe Bev 3-Hour Block, beginning at 2:20 pm ET / 11:30 am PT)

This Saturday Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor:
"The 78s of Illinois", including:

Illinois Jacquet's Album

1. Flyin' Home part 1 & 2
2. Hot Rod
3. Jacquet and No Vest (Savoy Blip)
4. Bottoms Up
5. Mutton Leg
6. Robbins' Nest
7. Big Foot
8. Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy
9. Black Velvet
10. Symphony in Sid
11. Big Dog (1947)
12. Jacquet Bounce
13. 12 Minutes To Go
14. Goofin' Off
15. King Jacqet

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Tenor saxophonist Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet was an best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home" with Lionel Hampton, critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. 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.

Jacquet was born to a Sioux mother and a Creole father in Broussard, Louisiana and moved to Houston, Texas, as an infant, and was raised there as one of six siblings. His father, Gilbert Jacquet, was a part-time bandleader. As a child he performed in his father's band, primarily on the alto saxophone. His older brother Russell Jacquet played trumpet and his brother Linton played drums.

Illinois Jacquet

At 15, Jacquet began playing with the Milton Larkin Orchestra, a Houston-area dance band. In 1939, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he met Nat King Cole. Jacquet would sit in with the trio on occasion. In 1940, Cole introduced Jacquet to Lionel Hampton who had returned to California and was putting together a big band. Hampton wanted to hire Jacquet, but asked the young Jacquet to switch to tenor saxophone.

In 1942, at age 19, Jacquet soloed on the Hampton Orchestra's recording of "Flying Home", one of the very first times a honking tenor sax was heard on record. The record became a hit. The song immediately became the climax for the live shows and Jacquet became exhausted from having to "bring down the house" every night. The solo was built to weave in and out of the arrangement and continued to be played by every saxophone player who followed Jacquet in the band, notably Arnett Cobb and Dexter Gordon, who achieved almost as much fame as Jacquet in playing it. It is one of the very few jazz solos to have been memorized and played very much the same way by everyone who played the song.

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