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Jazz Fans Recall Illinois Jacquet's Flying Home Solo
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Listeners are hearing Illinois Jacquet's 'Flying Home' on Jazz FM, the 1942 recording whose tenor saxophone solo is often cited as a founding moment of rhythm and blues and an early landmark of the sax honk in jazz. The track, cut with Lionel Hampton's orchestra when Jacquet was a teenager, remains one of the most celebrated solos in jazz history.
Why now: The classic recording is being played on Jazz FM, prompting jazz listeners to share and discuss it.
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