More Illinois Jacquet
Bottoms Up
- With outstanding Double Plus (A++) sound from first note to last, this copy of Bottoms Up has much to recommend it
- The sax is especially well recorded with just the right amount of bite and only the squawk of the real thing
- Surprisingly transparent and dynamic, this recording highlights Jacquet’s soulful style
- 4 1/2 stars: “Even in 1968 when the jazz avant-garde was becoming quite influential, tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet played in his own timeless style, performing in an idiom little changed during the previous 20 years.”
For big, full-bodied, bluesy, soulful saxophone jazz it’s hard to imagine you can do much better than the legendary Illinois Jacquet. (more…)