Description: Illinois Jacquet The King LP 1st Pressing ST 1968 Prestige Joe NewmanThis Group is so tight the playing is on the highest level The King! is an album by jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige labelJean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", 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.His solos of the early and mid-1940s and his performances at the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series, influenced rhythm and blues and rock and roll saxophone style, but also continue to be heard in jazz. His honking and screeching emphasized the lower and higher registers of the tenor saxophone. Despite a superficial rawness, the style is heard in jazz players like Arnett Cobb, who also became known for playing "Flying Home" with Hampton, as well as Sonny Rollins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Jimmy ForrestJacquet pushed back against Jim Crow laws in Houston. After booking his band to play at the Rice Hotel, he protested against management's rule that African Americans should enter the premises through an alley door. He issued an ultimatum: either allow his all-black orchestra to access the hotel through the main entrance or he would cancel the engagement. The Rice Hotel agreed to suspend the Jim Crow rule for Jacquet's band
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Artist: ILLINOIS JACQUET, Jo Jones, Montego Joe, Billy Butler, Joe Newman, Milt Buckner
Speed: 33 RPM
Record Label: PRESTIGE
Release Title: the king!
Material: Vinyl
Catalog Number: Prestige – PRST 7597
Edition: First Edition, First Pressing
Type: LP
Format: Record
Record Grading: Excellent (EX)
Release Year: 1968
Sleeve Grading: Excellent (EX)
Era: 1960s
Record Size: 12"
Style: Latin Jazz, Swing
Features: Original Cover, Play Tested, Archival Sleeve
Genre: Jazz
Number of Audio Channels: Stereo