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Hal McKusick

Born in Medford, Massachusetts on June 1, 1924, Hal McKusick was a jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, and educator. His musical career began when he worked with several big bands led by Woody Herman (1943), Boyd Raeburn (1944-45), Alvino Rey (1946), and Claude Thornhill (1948-49). In 1955, McKusick released East Coast Jazz Series No. 8, his first album as a leader. Over the next two years, that debut was followed in quick succession by a series of albums including In a Twentieth-Century Drawing Room (1956), Jazz at the Academy (1957), The Jazz Workshop (1957), and Cross...
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