Illinois Jacquet
Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (born
1922) is a
jazz tenor
saxophonist. He performed with the
Lionel Hampton,
Cab Calloway, and
Count Basie orchestras before forming his own band in
1945. His solos of the early and mid
1940s, especially his solo on Hampton's "Flying Home" and his performance at the first
Jazz at the Philharmonic concert, greatly influenced
rhythm and blues saxophone style.