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Illinois Jacquet

Among the great tenors, Illinois Jacquet’s 1942 “Soaring Home” single is definitely the initial R&B sax single, and spawned a complete era of younger tenors (including Joe Houston and Big Jay McNeely) who also built their professions from his design, and practically from that 1 music. Jacquet, whose old sibling …

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