Illinois Jacquet - Illinois Jacquet - Collection: 1942-56Illinois Jacquet was a tenor saxophonist of the Texas school who bridged the gap between swing, R&B and post war jazz with a powerful and emotional style which was equally at home in the full orchestras of the likes of Lionel Hampton and Count Basie as it was in the quintets and sextets that he led during his recording heyday of the late '40s and early '50s. He came to the fore in 1942, when, aged just 20, he recorded an inspired solo in Lionel

Based at radio KHJ in Hollywood

This collection offers a comprehensive overview of this first era of his career

often in jazzy R&B or country styles

and widely known as the Ackerman Tapes

'40s and '50s

was a singing sensation who did not get the recognition her talents so richly deserved

Other composers on this recording come from the Romantic era - Céar Franck

Alexandre Tansman

Les Baxter's "The High And The Mighty"

Bunny Berigan

Led by guitarist Johnny Moore

400 works of sacred music and many concertos and orchestral works have gathered from his pen and paper