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Hal McKusick

real name Harold Wilfred McKusick

Medford, United States

Hal McKusick is credited on 706 releases across 184 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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706

Credits

184

Albums

8

Decades active

29

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American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist
Born June 01, 1924 in Medford, Massachusetts, died April 10, 2012 in Sag Harbor, New York
Hal worked in the big bands of Les Brown, Woody Herman (1943), Boyd Raeburn (1944-'45), Alvino Rey (1946), Buddy Rich, Claude Thornhill (1948-'49), Terry Gibbs, Elliot Lawrence and Many others.
Recorded nine albums (1955-1958) as a leader.

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Credited work

706 releases · 184 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 1,147
  • Other credits · 36

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Nola Recording Studios · Newport Jazz Festival · Town Hall, New York

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