Arnett Cobb
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Arnett Cleophus Cobb was an American tenor saxophonist, sometimes known as the "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax" because of his uninhibited stomping style. Cobb wrote the words and music for the jazz standard "Smooth Sailing" (1951), which Ella Fitzgerald recorded for Decca on her album Lullabies of Birdland.
Cobb at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California 1979
Cobb (right) and Lionel Hampton, c. June 1946 Photo: William P. Gottlieb
Illinois Jacquet
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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.
Jacquet, New York City, c. May 1947 (Photograph by William Paul Gottlieb)
Jacquet in 1941
Illinois Jacquet, Meer Jazz Festival 1998
Illinois Jacquet's gravesite at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York.