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Swing's the Thing
Illinois Jacquet
Swing's the Thing
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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The first CD the Illinois Jacquet Project collection, includes Jacquet's complete October 16, 1956 album Swing's The Thing, with Roy Elbridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones as well as all of the tracks re...  more »

     
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All Artists: Illinois Jacquet
Title: Swing's the Thing
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lonehill Jazz Spain
Release Date: 3/27/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Cool Jazz, Swing Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 8436019582282

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Album Description
The first CD the Illinois Jacquet Project collection, includes Jacquet's complete October 16, 1956 album Swing's The Thing, with Roy Elbridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones as well as all of the tracks recorded on April 21, 1958, that were later released on the album The Cool Rage featuring Wild Bill Davis, Kenny Burrell and Johnny Wiliams. This CD also includes a Version of Robin?s Nest, recorded on august 11,1959, as the only alternate take of the session Illinois Jacquet Files Again, which we've included on this edition due to a lack of disc space on the collection's second CD. Lone Hill Jazz.2006
 

CD Reviews

Illinois Jacquet
Carol Reed | 03/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wonderful, the best! I love Illinois Jacquet. No one plays Harlem Nocturne better than he did. Too bad he's gone, but great for us that the magic of technology helps his music live on."