Hal McKusick

alto saxophone, clarinet, flute · 1924–2012 · Medford (Massachusetts)

A multi-instrumentalist born in Medford, Massachusetts, Hal McKusick played with Boyd Raeburn and Claude Thornhill before leading his own sessions. He later taught at the Ross School in East Hampton, New York, and died in 2012.

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Styles

• Cool (Birth of the Cool)
• Third stream

Landmark tracks

• Blues Half-Smiling (1957)
• A Touch of Spring (1957)
• The Settlers and the Indians (1957)

Sources

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