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Title information

Port Of Rico

Illinois Jacquet

Flying Home. The best of the Verve Years

Date of recording

22.7.1952, New York City

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Performers

Illinois Jacquet (Soloist) (tenor sax)

* 31.10.1922, Boussard, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 22.7.2004, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Hank Jones (Soloist) (piano)

* 31.7.1918, Vicksburgh, Mississippi (MS), United States

† 16.5.2010, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Count Basie (Soloist) (organ)

* 21.8.1904, Red Bank, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 26.4.1984, Hollywood, Florida (FL), United States

Freddie Green (Soloist) (guitar)

* 31.3.1911, Charleston, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 1.3.1987, Las Vegas, Nevada (NV), United States

Ray Brown (Soloist) (bass, Double Bass)

* 13.10.1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 2.7.2002, Indianapolis, Indiana (IN), United States

Jimmy Crawford (Soloist) (drums)

* 14.1.1910, Memphis, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 28.1.1980, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Authors

Illinois Jacquet (Composer)

* 31.10.1922, Boussard, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 22.7.2004, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Album information

Flying Home. The best of the Verve Years

Illinois Jacquet

Flying Home. The best of the Verve Years

Year of production

1994

Record Label

Verve

Tracks

  • 1. Speedliner
  • 2. Pastel
  • 3. Groovin'
  • 4. Cotton tail
  • 5. Boot 'em up
  • 6. Bluesitis
  • 7. Lean baby
  • 8. Port of Rico
  • 9. Where are you?
  • 10. Heads
  • 11. It's the talk of the town
  • 12. The kid and the brute
  • 13. Sophia
  • 14. Honeysuckle rose
  • 15. Stardust
  • 16. Las Vegas blues
  • 17. Achtung
  • 18. Have you met Miss Jones?
  • 19. No sweat
  • 20. Flying home