Jacquet in his turn has been a continuing source of inspiration to younger men and Curtis Amy, for example, remarked „my style was from Illinois Jacquet. He was the rage at the time“.
aus Alun Morgans Liner Notes zu Illinois Jacquets „Genius at Work!“ (Black Lion BLP 30118)
(Besonders schöner Fund, weil ich heute abend zuerst Amys „Katanga“ und danach die Jacquet Scheibe gehört habe.)
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