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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American Musician
Born: Oct 31, 1922
Died: Jul 22, 2004
Band Being Good Made Me Music
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The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease. Illinois Jacquet
Music Section Classical Hot Dropped Like Fresh Got Smooth Sound Brass Eggs Being Patterns Should Grease
When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and I couldn't believe it. They were the greatest swing band. I really fell in love with that sound. Everybody danced! Illinois Jacquet
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. Illinois Jacquet
Good Big Band Had Knew Equally Big Band Got Sound Hearing Going Used
Hamp would ask me about tempos in the band: 'Jacquet,' he'd say, 'knock off that tempo.' A lot of jazz musicians didn't prefer to play for dancers, which was their loss, really. But good jazz has always had that dance feel. Illinois Jacquet
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Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound. Illinois Jacquet
Today Music Me Generation Made Ability Properly Sound Been Essence Realize Grasp Exposed Eagerness

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