Illinois Jacquet

Aliases: Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars
Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars
Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band
Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra
Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra
Real name: Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet
Born: October 31, 1922
Died: July 22, 2004
Country: United States
IPI: 00040165911 5 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Jazz tenor saxophonist
Family: Russell Jacquet Brother

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	Black Velvet	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	1949	(51 artists)
i	Bottoms Up	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	1945	The Four Charms
i	Robbins' Nest	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	1947	(107 artists)

Covers by Illinois Jacquet

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	After Hours	Illinois Jacquet	1969	Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i	All the Things You Are	Illinois Jacquet	1968	Unverified
i	All Through the Night	Illinois Jacquet	1964	William Gaxton & Bettina Hall
i	Begin the Beguine	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i	Blue and Sentimental	Illinois Jacquet	1968	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Canadian Sunset	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i	Can't We Be Friends	Illinois Jacquet	1956	Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i	Caravan	Illinois Jacquet	1968	Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i	C Jam Blues	Illinois Jacquet	1971	Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i	Cottontail	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	June 1951	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Darn That Dream	Illinois Jacquet	1978	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL, Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF
i	Do I Love You	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Ethel Merman & Ronald Graham
i	Easy Living	Illinois Jacquet	1971	Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i	Everytime We Say Goodbye	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
i	Flying Home, Part 1	Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars	1945	Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
i	For Once in My Life	Illinois Jacquet	1972	Unverified
i	Get Out of Town	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Tamara PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC
i	Ghost of a Chance with You	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	1945	Bing Crosby
i	Goin' Out of My Head	Illinois Jacquet	October 1965	Little Anthony and The Imperials
i	Harlem Nocturne	Illinois Jacquet	1956	Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i	Have You Met Miss Jones?	Illinois Jacquet	1956	Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i	Honeysuckle Rose	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	December 1955	Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i	How High the Moon	Illinois Jacquet	1968	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i	I Can't Get Started with You	Illinois Jacquet	1978	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i	I Concentrate on You	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
i	If I Had You	Illinois Jacquet and Buddy Tate	1977	The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i	I Love You	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	I'm a Fool to Want You	Illinois Jacquet	1969	Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i	Indiana	The Modern Jazz Quartet with Illinois Jacquet & Harry "Sweets" Edison	1994	George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i	I Remember Her So Well	Illinois Jacquet	October 1965	The Girls [US1]
i	It's All Right with Me	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i	I've Got You Under My Skin	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
i	I Want a Little Girl	Illinois Jacquet	1966	McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
	I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)	Illinois Jacquet	1968	Billy Taylor Trio, Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
i	Jumpin' at the Woodside	Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars	1947	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Lean Baby	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	December 1952	Billy May and His Orchestra
i	Lean Baby	Illinois Jacquet and Buddy Tate	1977	Billy May and His Orchestra
i	Learnin' the Blues	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	December 1955	Joe Valino - Gene Kutch Orchestra
i	Lester Leaps In	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i	Like Young	Illinois Jacquet	1963	The Piano Magic of Andre Previn combined with The Lush Strings of David Rose
i	Lullaby of the Leaves	Illinois Jacquet	1956	Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i	Mean to Me	Illinois Jacquet and Buddy Tate	1977	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
i	Memories of You	Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra	1945	Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i	Memories of You	The Modern Jazz Quartet with Illinois Jacquet & Harry "Sweets" Edison	1994	Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i	More Than You Know	Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band	1988	Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i	Now and Then	Illinois Jacquet	October 1965	Katyna Ranieri
i	On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)	Illinois Jacquet	1966	Louis Jourdan
i	On Broadway	Illinois Jacquet	1963	The Cookies REC, The Crystals [US] REL, The Drifters [US1]
i	One O'Clock Jump	Illinois Jacquet, Milt Buckner and Jo Jones	1974	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Illinois Jacquet	1978	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Illinois Jacquet, Milt Buckner and Jo Jones	1974	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i	'Round Midnight	Illinois Jacquet	1972	Unverified
i	She's Funny That Way	Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars	December 1946	Gene Austin
i	Smooth Sailin'	Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band	1988	Arnett Cobb and His Orchestra
i	Soft Winds	Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, Illinois Jacquet, George Freeman, Kenny Barron, Bobby Cranshaw	1974	Benny Goodman Sextet
i	So in Love	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
i	Someone to Watch over Me	Illinois Jacquet and Buddy Tate	1977	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i	Spanish Boots	Illinois Jacquet	October 1965	Don Menza Quintet
i	Star Eyes	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	St. Louis Blues	Illinois Jacquet	1969	Prince's Band
i	Stompin' at the Savoy	Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band	1988	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i	Sweet Georgia Brown	Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, Illinois Jacquet, George Freeman, Kenny Barron, Bobby Cranshaw	1974	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i	Take the "A" Train	Illinois Jacquet	1971	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Taps Miller	Illinois Jacquet	1977	Georgie Auld and Orchestra
i	The Jitterbug Waltz	Illinois Jacquet	1978	"Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i	The Talk of the Town	Illinois Jacquet and Buddy Tate	1977	Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
i	Tickletoe	Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band	1988	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Use Your Imagination	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Gordon MacRae with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Priscilla Gillette & William Redfield PRF
i	Watermelon Man	Illinois Jacquet	1966	Herbie Hancock
i	When My Dreamboat Comes Home	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal refrain by Lebert Lombardo
i	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	June 1951	Bing Crosby
i	You Do Something to Me	Illinois Jacquet	1964	William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
i	You're My Thrill	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD

Songs written by Illinois Jacquet

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Black Velvet	Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	April 6, 1949	Covered by (50 artists)
Bottoms Up	Illinois Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	August 2, 1945	Covered by The Four Charms
Robbins' Nest	Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	May 21, 1947	Covered by (107 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Bosses of the Ballad	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Argo [US]
Desert Winds	Illinois Jacquet	1964	Argo [US]
Genius at Work!	Illinois Jacquet	1971	Black Lion
Go Power!	Illinois Jacquet	1966	Cadet
Illinois Jacquet in Swinging Sweden	Illinois Jacquet	1978	S.I.R.
Illinois Jacquet With Milt and Jo	Illinois Jacquet, Milt Buckner and Jo Jones	1974	Black and Blue
Jacquet's Got It!	Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band	1988	Atlantic Jazz
Jacquet's Street	Illinois Jacquet	1977	Black and Blue
Rex Stewart Plays Duke Ellington - Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars Play Uptown Jazz	Rex Stewart - Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars	July 1955	Grand Award
Spectrum	Illinois Jacquet	October 1965	Argo [US]
Swing's the Thing	Illinois Jacquet	1956	Clef Records
Texas Tenors	Illinois Jacquet and Buddy Tate	1977	Riff [NL]
The King!	Illinois Jacquet	1968	Prestige [US]
The Last Blues Album Volume 1	Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, Illinois Jacquet, George Freeman, Kenny Barron, Bobby Cranshaw	1974	Groove Merchant
The Message	Illinois Jacquet	1963	Argo [US]
The Soul Explosion	Illinois Jacquet	1969	Prestige [US]

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Adams' Alley	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	1949	RCA Victor
Bottoms Up	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	1945	Apollo [US]
Flying Home	Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars	1945	Philo Recordings
Jacquet Mood	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	1947	Apollo [US]
Jumpin' at the Woodside	Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars	1947	Apollo [US]
Lean Baby	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	December 1952	Mercury
Learnin' the Blues	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	December 1955	Clef Records
Memories of You	Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra	1945	Apollo [US]
She's Funny That Way	Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars	December 1946	Apollo [US]
Spanish Boots	Illinois Jacquet	October 1965	Argo [US]
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra	June 1951	Mercury