Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Arthur Elgort
Bill Davis
Javon Jackson
Bernard Purdie
John Gordon
Sonny Rollins
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The life and music of tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, who first made his mark at the age of 19 with Lionel Hampton's Big Band's recording of "Flying Home."
Director
Arthur Elgort
Cast
Bill Davis
Javon Jackson
Bernard Purdie
John Gordon
Sonny Rollins
Mona Hinton
Bob Porter
Dizzy Gillespie
Gary Vosbein
Al Hibbler
Hugh Brodie
Clark Terry
Irwin Stokes
Matthew Hong
Jim Leff
Larry Ham
Kenneth Bolds
David Glasser
Emilio Lyons
Arthur Daniels
Lionel Hampton
Tom Olin
Cecil Payne
Rudy Rutherford
Danny Morgenstern
Ron Della Chiesa
Dick Griffin
Arnett Cobb
Gary Sargent
Frank Gordon
Pat O'leary
Edward Preston
John Grimes
Illinois Jacquet
Randy Eckert
Dorothy Donegan
Buddy Tate
Milt Hinton
Dan Frank
Richard Wyands
Matt Haviland
John Simon
Jonah Jones
Walter Blanding
Harry Edison
Aubrey Tucker
Bob Cunningham
Joshua Roseman
Crew
Ronit Avneri
Ronit Avneri
Ronit Avneri
Sharon Avneri
Walter Blanding
Arnett Cobb
Bill Davis
Ron Della Chiesa
Dorothy Donegan
Harry Edison
Arthur Elgort
Arthur Elgort
Robert Elgort
Dan Frank
Dizzy Gillespie
John Grimes
Lionel Hampton
Paula Heredia
Al Hibbler
Steve Hiett
Milt Hinton
Mona Hinton
Matthew Hong
Marianne Houtenbos
Javon Jackson
Illinois Jacquet
Jonah Jones
Emilio Lyons
Danny Morgenstern
Hank O'neal
Cecil Payne
Alexander Polakov
Bob Porter
Sonny Rollins
Morten Sandtroen
Morten Sandtroen
Morten Sandtroen
Greg Sheldon
Greg Sheldon
Shelly M Shier
John Simon
Buddy Tate
Clark Terry
Didier Tricard
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Gold Medal for Feature Documentaries from Worldfest- Houston International Film Festival 1992.
Released in United States 1992
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1992
Released in United States June 1992
Released in United States May 1992
Shown at JVC Jazz Film Festival, New York City June 19-20, 1992.
Shown at Munich International Documentary Film Festival May 1-10 1992.
Shown at National Educational Film & Video Festival Oakland, California May 1992.
Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 1992.
Shown at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival April 24 - May 3, 1992.
Released in United States 1992 (Shown at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival April 24 - May 3, 1992.)
Released in United States May 1992 (Shown at Munich International Documentary Film Festival May 1-10 1992.)
Feature directorial debut for fashion photographer/short filmmaker Arthur Elgort.
First in Arthur Elgort's film series "American Heroes."
Released in United States May 1992 (Shown at National Educational Film & Video Festival Oakland, California May 1992.)
Released in United States June 1992 (Shown at JVC Jazz Film Festival, New York City June 19-20, 1992.)
Released in United States June 1992 (Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 1992.)
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1992
