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Jimmy Mclin

Jimmy Mclin is credited on 161 releases across 57 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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161

Pressings credited

57

Albums

8

Decades active

36

In collections

Biography

James Archibald McLin (June 26, 1908, Brooksville, Florida – December 15, 1983, St. Petersburg, Florida) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. McLin started on piano before picking up banjo and, later, guitar. He played locally in Florida before relocating to New York City in 1928, playing both guitar and banjo in the early 1930s for James P. Johnson, Ward Pinkett, and Roy Eldridge. Later in the decade he recorded with Willie "The Lion" Smith, Buster Bailey, Midge Williams, and Billie Holiday. In the early 1940s he worked with Sidney Bechet, Dave Nelson, and Claude Hopkins, then played trombone and mellophone in a military band while serving in the United States Navy during World War II. After his discharge he worked again with Hopkins and played guitar for The Ink Spots.

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161 releases · 57 albums · active 1954–2022

  • Performance · 232

Studios: WOR Studios · Brunswick Recording Studios · Savoy Ballroom · CBS Studios, New York

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