Jumpin at Apollo available on December 29 2015 from Amazon for 9.49
Illinois Jacquet - Jumpin' At The Apollo available on October 24 2014 from Base for 11.29
UPC bar code 038153053826 ξ1 registered December 29 2015
UPC bar code 038153053826 ξ2 registered September 27 2014
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Jazz Audio
Manufacturered by Delmark
Product weight is 0.21 lbs.
After stints with Lionel Hampton and Cab Calloway, this tenor man took center stage. His sax is backed by Charles Mingus, Bill Doggett and Joe Newman on these 1945-47 recordings. He dazzles on ferocious swingers and tender ballads alike: Bottoms Up; 12 Minutes to Go; South Street Special; Merle's Mood; Jacquet Bounce; Diggin' the Count; What's This 23 tracks!
Illinois Jacquet was to the 1940's what Sonny Rollins and Herbie Hancock would be to the 50's and 60's: a precocious young cat with bags full of talent who sprang from Lional Hampton's big band, after putting Hamp on the map with Flying Home, to Count Basie's, where he delivered another knockout blow with The King! Only to realise that with his crowd pulling ability he was better off forming his own unit, and what a unit it was! Hand picked and honed do..
