• JEWEL CASE CD

If we had to name ten best sax players in the history of jazz Illinois Jacquet would be on many lists. He is an extraordinary leader able to get going and take his fellow musicians with him. These recordings from the exceptional 1978 Nice jazz Festival made on the 8th, 10th, 11th and 15th of July are a complete demonstration of what this musician could play. Here contained are impressive exchanges between Jacquet and Eddie Davis. The rest of the personnel on the dates just make the album better and better. Roland Hanna, Major Holley, Hank Jones, George Duvivier, Pee Wee Erwin, Dick Hyman, Pierre Michelot and Oliver Jackson among others…

PERSONNEL:

ON TRACKS [1-3]:

ILLINOIS JACQUET - (tenor sax)
EDDIE DAVIS - (tenor sax)
ROLAND HANNA - (piano)
MAJOR HOLLEY - (bass)
ALAN DAWSON - (drums)
July 15, 1978

ON TRACKS [4],[7] & [8]:

ILLINOIS JACQUET - (tenor sax)
HANK JONES - (piano)
ROLAND LOBLIGEOIS - (bass)
JC HEARD - (drums)
July 10, 1978

ON TRACK [5]

ILLINOIS JACQUET - (tenor sax)
CLARK TERRY - (trumpet)
HANK JONES - (piano)
GEORGE DUVIVIER - (bass)
JC HEARD - (drums)
July 8, 1978

ON TRACK [6]

ILLINOIS JACQUET - (tenor sax)
PAUL BASCOMB - (tenor sax)
PEE WEE ERWIN - (trumpet)
CLAUDE GOUSSET - (trombone)
DICK HYMAN - (piano)
PIERRE MICHELOT - (bass)
OLIVER JACKSON - (drums)
July 11, 1978

TRACKS:

01. Cotton Tail
02. Blues from Louisiana
03. Robbins Nest
04. Lean Baby
05. Blues from N.O.
06. If I Had You
07. Body and Soul
08. Mop Mop