The Message (Illinois Jacquet album)

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The Message
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Studio album by Illinois Jacquet with Kenny Burrell
Released 1963
Recorded May 7 & 8, 1963
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length32:00
Label Argo
LP-722
Producer Esmond Edwards
Illinois Jacquet chronology
Illinois Jacquet
(1963)		The Message
(1963)		 Desert Winds
(1964)

The Message is an album by saxophonist Illinois Jacquet with guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1963 and released on the Argo label. [1]

Illinois Jacquet musician from the United States

Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.

Kenny Burrell American jazz guitarist

Kenneth Earl Burrell is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on the Blue Note label. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit album Organ Grinder Swing. He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.

Argo Records was a record label in Chicago that was established in 1955 as a division of Chess Records.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This rather brief LP (just 31 minutes) finds tenorman Illinois Jacquet in typically fine form, but fronting a rather anonymous-sounding group (despite the presence of guitarist Kenny Burrell on some numbers)". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except where noted

  1. "The Message" (Ben Tucker) - 3:45
  2. "Wild Man" – 5:00
  3. "Bassoon Blues" (Esmond Edwards, Illinois Jacquet) - 3:50
  4. "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 4:00
  5. "Like Young" (André Previn) - 4:00
  6. "Turnpike" - 5:45
  7. "Bonita" (Edwards) - 5:40

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Bassoon musical instrument

The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor clefs, and occasionally the treble. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band, and chamber music literature. The bassoon is a non-transposing instrument known for its distinctive tone colour, wide range, variety of character and agility. Someone who plays the bassoon is called a bassoonist.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

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References

  1. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed April 16, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 16, 2013
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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