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Hal McKusick

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Hal McKusick (1 June 1924 – 11 April 2012) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, who worked with Boyd Raeburn from 1944 to 1945 and Claude Thornhill from 1948 to 1949. [1]

72 relations: Al Cohn, Alto saxophone, Art Farmer, Barry Galbraith, Benny Golson, Bethlehem Records, Big Band (Charlie Parker album), Bill Evans, Billy Byers, Boyd Raeburn, Charlie Parker, Charlie Persip, Claude Thornhill, Clef Records, Coleman Hawkins, Connie Kay, Coral Records, Decca Records, Dick Hafer, Dinah Washington, Don Elliott, Earthy (Kenny Burrell album), East Hampton (town), New York, Eddie Costa, Ernie Wilkins, Flute, Frank Socolow, George Handy, George Russell (composer), Gil Evans, Gil Mellé, Gil's Guests, Gunther Schuller, Gus Johnson (jazz musician), Helen Merrill, Jackie Paris, Jay Cameron, Jazz, Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Giuffre, Jimmy Raney, John Coltrane, Jubilee Records, Kenny Burrell, Lee Konitz, Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre, List of clarinetists, Manny Albam, Medford, Massachusetts, Milt Hinton, ..., Mr. Music (album), New York (state), New York, N.Y. (album), Osie Johnson, Paul Chambers, Prestige Records, Quincy Jones, RCA Records, Ross School (East Hampton, New York), Take a Number from 1 to 10, Teddy Kotick, Terry Gibbs, The Artistry of Helen Merrill, The Drum Suite, The Hawk in Hi Fi, The Jazz Workshop, The Song Is Paris, The Swingin' Miss "D", Triple Exposure, United States, Verve Records, Woody Herman. Expand index (22 more) »

Al Cohn

Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.

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Art Farmer

Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.

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Barry Galbraith

Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - January 13, 1983, Bennington, Vermont) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Benny Golson

Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

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Bethlehem Records

Bethlehem Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Gus Wildi in 1953.

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Big Band (Charlie Parker album)

Big Band is a 1954 album by Charlie Parker of sides recorded in 1950 and 1952.

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Bill Evans

William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly worked in a trio setting.

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Billy Byers

William Mitchell Byers (May 1, 1927 - May 1, 1996) was an American jazz trombonist and arranger.

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Boyd Raeburn

Boyd Albert Raeburn (October 27, 1913 – August 2, 1966) was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist. His big band, which was active ca. 1944-1947, performed arrangements that were often quite avant-garde, like the arrangements of Stan Kenton during the same period. The compositions arranged by George Handy were the most contemporary, utilizing dissonance somewhat in the manner of Igor Stravinsky. He attended the University of Chicago, where he led a campus band but eventually left the music industry to pursue business interests in New York and the Bahamas.

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Charlie Parker

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Charlie Persip

Charli Persip (born July 26, 1929) is an American jazz drummer.

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Claude Thornhill

Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.

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Clef Records

Clef Records was an American jazz record label founded by Norman Granz in 1946.

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Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Connie Kay

Conrad Henry Kirnon (April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994) known professionally as Connie Kay, was an American jazz and R&B drummer who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

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Coral Records

Coral Records was a subsidiary of Decca Records formed in 1949.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Dick Hafer

Dick Hafer (May 29, 1927 – December 15, 2012) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

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Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s".

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Don Elliott

Don Elliott (October 21, 1926 – July 5, 1984) was an American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, vocalist, and mellophone player.

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Earthy (Kenny Burrell album)

Earthy is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.

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East Hampton (town), New York

The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island.

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Eddie Costa

Edwin James "Eddie" Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger.

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Ernie Wilkins

Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1922 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie.

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Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Frank Socolow

Frank Socolow (September 18, 1923 – April 30, 1981), born in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and oboist, noted for his tenor playing.

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George Handy

George Handy (born George Joseph Hendleman) (January 17, 1920 – January 8, 1997) was a jazz arranger, composer and pianist whose musical beginnings were fostered under the tutelage of composer Aaron Copland.

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George Russell (composer)

George Allen Russell (June 23, 1923 – July 27, 2009) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and theorist.

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Gil Evans

Ian Ernest Gilmore "Gil" Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader.

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Gil Mellé

Gilbert John "Gil" Mellé (31 December 1931 – 28 October 2004) was an American artist, jazz musician and film composer.

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Gil's Guests

Gil's Guests is an album by American saxophonist Gil Mellé recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.

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Gunther Schuller

Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian and jazz musician.

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Gus Johnson (jazz musician)

Gus Johnson (November 15, 1913 – February 6, 2000) was an American swing drummer in various jazz bands, born in Tyler, Texas, United States.

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Helen Merrill

Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic July 21, 1930) is an American jazz vocalist.

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Jackie Paris

Carlo Jackie Paris (September 20, 1924 – June 17, 2004) was an American jazz singer and guitarist.

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Jay Cameron

Jay Cameron (September 14, 1928 – March 20, 2001) was an American jazz reed player, with an emphasis in baritone saxophone.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jimmy Cleveland

James Milton Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

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Jimmy Giuffre

James Peter Giuffre (April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

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Jimmy Raney

James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 9, 1995) was an American jazz guitarist born in Louisville, Kentucky, known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio (replacing Tal Farlow) and, during the same time period, with Stan Getz.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967),.

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Jubilee Records

Jubilee Records was an American independent record label, specializing in rhythm and blues and novelty records.

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Kenny Burrell

Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on the Blue Note label.

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Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American composer and alto saxophonist.

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Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre

Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Verve label in 1959.

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List of clarinetists

This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet.

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Manny Albam

Manny Albam (June 24, 1922 in Samana, Dominican Republic – October 2, 2001 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, United States) was a jazz baritone saxophone player who eventually became a composer, arranger, producer, and educator.

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Medford, Massachusetts

Medford is a city 3.2 miles northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Milt Hinton

Milton John "Milt" Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000), regarded as the Dean of jazz bass players, was an American double bassist and photographer.

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Mr. Music (album)

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York, N.Y. (album)

New York, N.Y. is an album by George Russell, originally released on Decca in 1959.

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Osie Johnson

James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923 in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966 in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.

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Paul Chambers

Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was a jazz double bassist.

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Prestige Records

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933), also known as "Q", is an American musician and record producer.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Ross School (East Hampton, New York)

Ross School is a private school located in the Town of East Hampton, on Long Island, New York, United States. It is the only private Pre-nursery–12 school located in East Hampton. The school was founded in 1992 by Courtney Sale Ross as a day school for a small class of her daughter and several friends and named after her late husband Steven J. Ross. Its curriculum is integrated around chronological periods of cultural history. The school soon grew into a middle and high school. It began a transition into a boarding school in 2010 after Ms. Ross withdrew continual funding. A majority of the student body is predominantly international, with the highest-represented nations including Brazil, China and Russia.

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Take a Number from 1 to 10

Take a Number from 1 to 10 is an album by saxophonist Benny Golson, featuring performances recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 and originally released on the Argo label.

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Teddy Kotick

Teddy Kotick (June 4, 1928 – April 17, 1986) was a jazz bassist, who appeared as a sideman with many of the leading figures of the 1940s and 1950s, including Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Horace Silver, Phil Woods and Bill Evans.

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Terry Gibbs

Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko, October 13, 1924) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader.

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The Artistry of Helen Merrill

The Artistry of Helen Merrill is an album released by American vocalist Helen Merrill in 1965 on the Mainstream label.

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The Drum Suite

The Drum Suite (subtitled A Musical Portrait of Eight Arms from Six Angles) is an album by American jazz composers and arrangers Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins featuring performances recorded in 1956 and first released on the RCA Victor label.

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The Hawk in Hi Fi

The Hawk in Hi Fi is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy Byers which was recorded in early 1956 and released on the RCA Victor label.

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The Jazz Workshop

The Jazz Workshop is the debut album by jazz composer George Russell, featuring his "Smalltet", which included Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Barry Galbraith, and Bill Evans.

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The Song Is Paris

The Song Is Paris is an album by American jazz vocalist and guitarist Jackie Paris recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.

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The Swingin' Miss "D"

The Swingin' Miss D is a 1957 studio album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Quincy Jones.

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Triple Exposure

Triple Exposure is an album by saxophonist Hal McKusick which was recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Verve Records

Verve Records, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world’s largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others.

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Woody Herman

Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_McKusick

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