Hal McKusick
A fine cool-toned altoist and an occasional clarinetist, Hal McKusick worked with the big bands of Les Brown, Woody Herman (1943), Boyd Raeburn (1944-1945), Alvino Rey (1946), Buddy Rich, and Claude Thornhill (1948-1949). In the 1950s, in addition to his work with Terry Gibbs and Elliot Lawrence, he was a busy and versatile studio musician. During 1955-1958, McKusick recorded nine albums of material as a leader for Jubilee, Bethlehem, Victor, Coral, New Jazz, Prestige, and Decca. Those small-group recordings, although basically cool bop, sometimes used very advanced arrangements, including charts by George Handy, Manny Albam, Gil Evans, Al Cohn, Jimmy Giuffre, and particularly George Russell. Hal McKusick died in April 2012 at the age of 87.
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Discography
4 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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East Coast Jazz, Vol. 8 (Remastered 2013)
Jazz - Released by Bethlehem Records on Feb 25, 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Triple Exposure (Reissue)
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Classics on Dec 27, 1957
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cross Section - Saxes
Jazz - Released by Verve Reissues on Nov 1, 1958
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Touch Of Spring
Jazz - Released by Chameleon Archive on Sep 6, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo