- East Coast Jazz, Vol. 8 (Remastered 2013) · 2013
- Triple Exposure (Reissue) · 1957
- Octet & Sextette Play Jamaica Jazz and Musical Offering · 2011
- Jazz Workshop (Remastered) · 1957
- The Jazz Collection · 1957
- The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton And Osie Johnson Recordings · 2005
- The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton And Osie Johnson Recordings · 2005
- The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton And Osie Johnson Recordings · 2005
- East Coast Jazz, Vol. 8 (Remastered 2013) · 1957
- The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton And Osie Johnson Recordings · 2005
- Confirmation · 2019
- Four Classic Albums (East Coast Jazz / Featuring Art Farmer / In a Twentieth Century Drawing Room / Triple Exposure) [Remastered] · 2015
- Four Classic Albums (East Coast Jazz / Featuring Art Farmer / In a Twentieth Century Drawing Room / Triple Exposure) [Remastered] · 2015
Compilations
- 2019
- 1957
Appears On
About Hal McKusick
A fine cool-toned altoist and an occasional clarinetist, Hal McKusick worked with the big bands of Les Brown, Woody Herman (1943), Boyd Raeburn (1944-1945), Alvino Rey (1946), Buddy Rich, and Claude Thornhill (1948-1949). In the 1950s, in addition to his work with Terry Gibbs and Elliot Lawrence, he was a busy and versatile studio musician. During 1955-1958, McKusick recorded nine albums of material as a leader for Jubilee, Bethlehem, Victor, Coral, New Jazz, Prestige, and Decca. Those small-group recordings, although basically cool bop, sometimes used very advanced arrangements, including charts by George Handy, Manny Albam, Gil Evans, Al Cohn, Jimmy Giuffre, and particularly George Russell. Hal McKusick died in April 2012 at the age of 87. ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- Medford, MA, United States
- BORN
- 1 June 1924
- GENRE
- Jazz