With somewhat obscure beginnings, the tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet (Illinois, 1922) broke with tremendous force in the jazz world in 1942 when he played with the band of vibraphonist, Lionel Hampton, the theme “Flyng Home”. The extraordinary achieved only saxophone that was so spectacular that was the first time in jazz, that a single, would eventually become part of a musical arrangement, both when he was in Hampton’s band, and when acted sideman for other musicians, especially during his collaboration with organist Milt Buckner.

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