Illinois Jacquet

Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home". He is better known simply as Illinois Jacquet. Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor sax that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of rock and roll, he was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads.

Selected Discography

• Swing's The Thing (1957)
• Jumpin' At Apollo (1958)
• Desert Winds (1964)
• Bottoms Up (1968)
• The King (1968)
• Blues: That's Me! (1969)
• Soul Explosion (1969)