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Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Illinois Jacquet

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
37:20

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Documents

Recorded
  
November 3, 1955Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA

Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra(1956)
  
Swing's the Thing(1956)

Illinois Jacquet albums
  
Swing's the Thing, Groovin' with Jacquet, The Kid and the Brute, Bosses of the Ballad, The Message

Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (also released as Groovin' with Jacquet) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Clef label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet and Harry Edison except as indicated

  1. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) - 6:48
  2. "Cool Bill" - 5:50
  3. "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores "Vicki" Silvers) - 2:41
  4. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 3:45
  5. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:31
  6. "Empathy" - 4:46
  7. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 4:45
  8. "Sophia" - 4:14

Personnel

  • Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Edison - trumpet
  • Carl Perkins - piano (tracks 1 & 3-8)
  • Gerald Wiggins - organ (tracks 1-3 & 5-8)
  • Irving Ashby - guitar
  • Curtis Counce - bass
  • Al Bartee - drums

    • Songs

    1Honeysuckle Rose6:48
    2Cool Bill5:50
    3Learnin The Blues2:41

    References

    Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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