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Illinois Jacquet's Final Performance

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Uploaded by on Sep 8, 2006

This is a video clip of the Midsummer Night Swing when Illinois Jacquet gave his final performance on July 16 2004 at Lincoln Center in New York. He died 6 days later on July 22 at his home in Queens,
N.Y., of a heart attack. He was 81.

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  • He and Willis Jackson are the two groovinest sax players ever in my book.

  • Right to the end. How wonderful.

  • Sounding big right to the end.

  • @xxxomehgawdxxx

    That's awesome!

  • r i p ...not a close relationship to my grandfather..but he did they damn thang with that sax.....love u

    angel j.

  • Does anyone remember him in Bridgeport CT.

    at Racaski Hall?

  • omg, he should have been a lot more famous. I had never heard of him (just a passing jazz fan, I am) until I saw him (only once!) at either the Chicago Jazz Festival or Ravinia sometime in the 90s. I absolutely loved his sound. He seemed to be keeping the true jazz big band sound alive. A little like Basie, only a more professional, slicker, fuller orchestration. RIP Illinois Jacquet.

  • wow well you sure have missed out on a lot

  • belive it or not but this guy is my great uncle i had no idea he was this famous

  • Proud of you. I remember seeing Oscar Peterson performing alone on TV. He didn't need anyone to back him up, Tremendous!

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