Word: jacquet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...daughter of two music teachers, Fleming majored in music education at the State University of New York at Potsdam and sang at a local nightclub on weekends. When the legendary tenor-saxophonist Illinois Jacquet heard her do You've Changed, he offered to take her on the road with his big band. Instead, she did graduate work at the Eastman School of Music and at the Juilliard School, where she met and married actor Rick Ross, caught the ear of classical-music-business professionals and began her speedy climb to stardom. James Levine, who two years ago led the season...
...jazz. Fred Ho '79, Don Braden '85, Illinois Jacquet and Dwayne 'Cook' Broadnax celebrated the Harvard Jazz Band's 25th anniversary to the delight of a roomful of cats. Tom Everett, director of bands, was honored at various points in the concert for his 25-year dedication to the Jazz Band...
...events ranged from informal jam sessions all weekend long to a special panel discussion on Saturday morning to a concert later that evening in Sanders Theater. The Saturday events featured professional musicians Fred Ho '79, Don Braden '85, Illinois Jacquet and Dwayne 'Cook' Broadnax...
...octet performance led perfectly into the entrance of legendary Louisiana-born tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet. Jacquet proceeded to steal the show with his quirky stage antics and easy-going humor. Walking over to his alto saxophone after putting down his tenor, he turned to confide with the audience, "The little one gets mad when I pick up the big one!" Jacquet, who was the Kayden Artist in Residence in 1983 at Harvard, performed four tunes with the Band: Jacquet's own "Robbin's Nest," as well as "Body and Soul," "Flyin' Home" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street...
...some of the band members, however, the experience wasn't quite as easy-going as it may have been perceived in the audience. Andy Eggers '99, who played drums with Jacquet on "Robbin's Nest," described the experience as "totally nerve-racking." Bassist Gian Antonio Pangaro '99 agreed with Eggers' assessment and wished there had been "more time during the week to rehearse with the artists...