Illinois Jacquet - How High The Moon (1969)

Tracklist

CD1:

01. Bottoms Up
02. You Left Me All Alone
03. Our Delight
04. Ghost of a Chance
05. Port of Rico
06. The King
07. Blue and Sentimental
08. How High the Moon

CD2:

01. After Hours
02. I'm a Fool to Want You
03. St. Louis Blues
04. For Once In My Life
05. Every Day
06. 'Round Midnight

This two-LP set draws its material from tenorman Illinois Jacquet's four Prestige albums, all of which have been reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics series. The attractive twofer did act as a fine sampler to Jacquet's music when it was released in 1975 and it features Illinois in a variety of settings (ranging from a quartet to a mini-big band), but it has been superceded by the emergence of CDs. Highlights include "Bottoms Up," "The King," "How High the Moon" and Illinois Jacquet's haunting bassoon feature on "'Round Midnight."