Long before Yakkety yak sax Clarence Clemons' Black bottom Springsteen's E Street Trane's altissimo Overblowing Pushing his tenor To heroic upper Registers There was the Texas horn Honk master Illinois Jacquet Nee Jean Baptiste From Louisiana actually Creole and Indian Started with alto Lionel Hampton Switched him to tenor Just a kid First recording One take Eighty-second solo May 26, 1942 Flying Home Riff a classic in Berklee fake books Hamp wore him out Cab Calloway Trio with Mingus Later Basie and Ella Hit the road Jazz at the Philharmonic All star jam sessions Captured on vinyl Entrepreneur Norman Granz Unique sound So memorable Rough and crude Angry growl Compared to Bird's soaring solos Mixing it up With boppers Gigs at Lulu White's Boston's South End Named for NOLA Cat house in Storyville Where jazz was born Chef Chandler Slinging the gumbo Ron always ringside Hanging with hipsters Illinois versatile All the horns Richly textured rarity Blues bassoon Swinging the night away Sweet and sassy
