Biography: Ike Cole, Ike Isaacs, Ike Isaacs, Ike Quebec, Il Baricentro, Ilhan Ersahin, Illinois Jacquet, Ina Ray Hutton, Indigo Invention Group, Iain Ballamy,

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Ike Cole
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Genre: Jazz

The brother of the great Nat “King” Cole, Ike Cole was a respected jazz pianist and composer Born on July 13, 1927, in Chicago, IL, Ike began his musical career by playing the bass drum in an Army band, and by 1957, had formed the Ike Cole Trio in Chicago

Ike Isaacs
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Genre: Jazz

Ike Isaacs (no relation to the British guitarist of the same name) was a fine supportive bassist best-remembered for his association with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross He started out playing trumpet and tuba before switching permanently to bass

Ike Isaacs
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Genre: Jazz

Ike Isaacs (not to be confused with the bassist of the same name) is a fine acoustic guitarist best-known for being part of the Hot Club style band led by guitarist Diz Disley that worked with Stephane Grappelli

Ike Quebec
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Genre: Jazz

Influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster but definitely his own person, Ike Quebec was one of the finest swing-oriented tenor saxman of the 1940s and ’50s Though he was never an innovator, Quebec had a big, breathy sound that was distinctive and easily recognizable, and he was quite consistent when it came to came to down-home blues, sexy ballads, and up-tempo aggression

Il Baricentro Biography, Photos, Pictures

Natives of Bari, Italy, the brothers Giovanni and Francesco Boccuzzi, and bassist Tonio Napoletano first came to note as members of Festa Mobile, a jazz rock quintet whose one and only album, the ambitious concept Dario Di Vaggio Della Festa Mobile was issued by RCA in 1973

Ilhan Ersahin Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born in Stockholm to Swedish and Turkish parents but raised mostly in Turkey, Ilhan Ersahin fell in love with jazz growing up and moved to the US after high school to pursue a career as a jazz saxophonist

Illinois Jacquet Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the great tenors, Illinois Jacquet’s 1942 “Flying Home” solo is considered the first R&B sax solo, and spawned a full generation of younger tenors (including Joe Houston and Big Jay McNeely) who built their careers from his style, and practically from that one song

Ina Ray Hutton Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ina Ray Hutton is most famous in jazz history for having led an all-female big band in the 1930s Her dancing in front of the orchestra (often using a baton as a prop) and her occasional winning vocals were a strong attraction for years

Indigo Invention Group Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Indigo Invention Group, led by composer/storyteller/saxophonist Hans Spencer Indigo, incorporates improvisation and spoken word into a big-band jazz orchestra The Boston-based group formed in 1999 for Indigo’s master’s recital at the New England Conservatory and draws upon such influences as Laurie Anderson, Pink Floyd, Maria Schneider, and John Cage

Iain Ballamy Biography, Photos, Pictures

Iain Ballamy
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Genre: Jazz

Tenor, alto and soprano sax Iain (Mark) Bellamy was among the vanguard of ’80s British jazz-rock and fusion players His style was looser, more intense and extreme than many of his contemporaries, and included elements of free jazz as well