# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/illinois-jacquet
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:49:19.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/illinois-jacquet"
name: "Illinois Jacquet"
slug: "illinois-jacquet"
description: "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. He is also known as one of the writers of the jazz standard \"Don'cha Go 'Way Mad.\""
tagline: "American jazz tenor saxophonist (1922–2004)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1922-10-31"
deathDate: "2004-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump