Great jazz sax player (also playing clarinet and flute), Hal McKusick was born on June 1st, 1924 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA.
I haven´t been able to collect enough data for a proper biography... Hal played in great bands and orchestras, such as Charlie Barnet Orchestra, Les Brown Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, Bennie Goodman, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Claude Thornhill, The CBS Orchestra, etc., as well as fronting his own bands, also releasing several albums on his own.
URBIE GREEN GROUP
This was the Urbie Green Group in January 1959:
URBIE GREEN GROUP # |
1959 |
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Urbie Green trombone | Teddy Kotick † bass | John Bunch † piano | Burt Collins trumpet | Irwin ´Marky´ Markowitz † trumpet | John Frosk trumpet |
Johnny Carisi trumpet | Pepper Adams † sax | Hal McKusick † sax | Rolf Kuhn clarinet | Eddie Bert † trombone | Billy Byers † trombone |
Nick Stabulas drums |
Other info on members of Urbie Green Group (I know up to 13 members) | |
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To be covered (9): | Pepper Adams, Eddie Bert, John Bunch, Billy Byers, Burt Collins, John Frosk, Urbie Green, Teddy Kotick, Irwin ´Marky´ Markowitz |
Not enough info (3): | Johnny Carisi, Rolf Kuhn, Nick Stabulas |
HAL MCKUSICK GROUP
This was the Hal McKusick Group in September 1979:
This was a different lineup for Hal McKusick Group, but don´t know the period:
Hal McKusick passed away on April 11th, 2012. Since then, I've wanted to include my tribute page to him, so it has taken me too long, and besides, I'm still missing lots of info. Anyway, this is my tribute to him.
   17 BANDS (WITH 15 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
   2 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
   37 SESSIONS (FOR 27 ARTISTS):
HAL MCKUSICK GROUP # |
1979 |
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Hal McKusick † sax | Charlie LaChappelle bass | Tony Zano † keyboards | Joe Hunt drums |
This was a different lineup for Hal McKusick Group, but don´t know the period:
HAL MCKUSICK GROUP # |
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Hal McKusick † sax | Barry Galbraith † guitar | Milt Hinton † bass | Osie Johnson † drums |
Other info on members of Hal McKusick Group (I know up to 9 members) | |
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To be covered (5): | Art Farmer, Barry Galbraith, Stan Getz, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson |
Not enough info (3): | Joe Hunt, Charlie LaChappelle, Tony Zano |
Hal McKusick passed away on April 11th, 2012. Since then, I've wanted to include my tribute page to him, so it has taken me too long, and besides, I'm still missing lots of info. Anyway, this is my tribute to him.
   17 BANDS (WITH 15 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
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Charlie Barnet Orchestra |   |  
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Don Bestor Orchestra |   |  
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Les Brown Orchestra |   |  
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The CBS Orchestra |   |  
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Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra |   |  
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Benny Goodman Group |   |  
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Urbie Green Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Woody Herman Orchestra |   |  
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Dean Hudson Group |   |  
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Elliot Lawrence Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Hal McKusick Group |   | 8 RECORDINGS:
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Johnny Otis Band |   |  
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Boyd Raeburn Orchestra |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Alvino Rey Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Buddy Rich Orchestra |   |  
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Tom Talbert Group |   |  
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Claude Thornhill Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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   2 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS |
VVAA |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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   37 SESSIONS (FOR 27 ARTISTS):
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Manny Albam Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Harry Belafonte Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Johnny Bothwell Orchestra |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Ralph Burns Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Al Cohn Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bill Evans Trio |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Terry Gibbs Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Benny Golson Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Andre Hodeir Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jazz At The Philharmonic |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Quincy Jones Orchestra |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Gene Krupa Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Johnny Mathis Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gil Melle Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Helen Merrill Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Charlie Mingus Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Gerry Mulligan Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jackie Paris Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Charlie Parker Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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George Russell Orchestra |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Neil Sedaka Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Larry Sonn Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jim Timmens Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Billy VerPlanck Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Dinah Washington Band |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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George Williams Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Phil Woods Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED MUSICIANS:
Hal McKusick mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Barry Galbraith (19)
Milt Hinton (19)
Jimmy Cleveland (15)
Bernie Glow (15)
Osie Johnson (15)
Nick Travis (15)
Al Cohn (13)
Art Farmer (13)
Urbie Green (13)
Danny Bank (12)
Ernie Royal (12)
Billy Byers (11)
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