Hal McKusick

alto saxophone, reeds, woodwind, saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
George Russell arranger, drums, tambourine Blues for Pablo, Lydian Lullaby, Miss Clara, The Day John Brown Was Hanged
Al Cohn
Urbie Green
KNGI Records

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
George Russell arranger, drums, tambourine Blues for Pablo, Lydian Lullaby, Miss Clara, The Day John Brown Was Hanged
Bill Evans (pianist) piano End of a Love Affair, It Never Entered My Mind, Last Day of Fall, Now's the Time, Rue, Sing Song, Stratusphunk, Whisper Not, Yesterdays, You're My Thrill
Art Farmer trumpet Blues for Pablo, End of a Love Affair, It Never Entered My Mind, Jambangle, Miss Clara, Sing Song, Stratusphunk, Yesterdays, You're My Thrill
Barry Galbraith guitar Blues for Pablo, End of a Love Affair, Jambangle, Lydian Lullaby, Miss Clara, Stratusphunk, The Day John Brown Was Hanged, You're My Thrill
Milt Hinton bass Blues for Pablo, End of a Love Affair, Jambangle, Lydian Lullaby, Miss Clara, Stratusphunk, The Day John Brown Was Hanged, You're My Thrill
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) bass It Never Entered My Mind, Last Day of Fall, Now's the Time, Rue, Sing Song, Whisper Not, Yesterdays
Connie Kay drums It Never Entered My Mind, Last Day of Fall, Now's the Time, Rue, Sing Song, Whisper Not, Yesterdays
Ray Hall engineer Blues for Pablo, Jambangle, Lydian Lullaby, Miss Clara, The Day John Brown Was Hanged
Osie Johnson drums Blues for Pablo, Jambangle, Lydian Lullaby, Miss Clara, The Day John Brown Was Hanged
Jack Lewis (jazz producer) producer Blues for Pablo, Jambangle, Lydian Lullaby, Miss Clara, The Day John Brown Was Hanged
Jay Cameron (jazz saxophonist) baritone saxophone Last Day of Fall, Now's the Time, Rue, Whisper Not
Dick Hafer tenor saxophone Last Day of Fall, Now's the Time, Rue, Whisper Not
Frank Socolow tenor saxophone Last Day of Fall, Now's the Time, Rue, Whisper Not
Gene Allen (baritone saxophonist) baritone saxophone Blues for Pablo, Jambangle, Miss Clara
Charlie Persip drums End of a Love Affair, Stratusphunk, You're My Thrill
Jimmy Cleveland trombone Blues for Pablo, Jambangle, Miss Clara
Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player) tuba Blues for Pablo, Jambangle, Miss Clara
Gil Evans arranger Blues for Pablo, Jambangle
Jimmy Raney guitar Blues for Pablo, Jambangle

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra alto saxophone A Night in Tunisia, An Hour Never Passes, Bagdad, Bobby Socks, Boyd Meets Duke, Boyd Meets Girl, Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are, Duck Waddle, Early Boyd, Hep Boyd, I'll Walk Alone, Is You or Is You Ain't (Ma Baby), It’s a Crying Shame, I’ll Remember April, Little Boyd Blue (Blows His Top), Magic Is the Moonlight, March of the Boyds, Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet, Prisoner of Love, Raeburn's Theme, Raeburn’s Theme, Some Peaceful Evening, Street of Dreams, Sweet Lorraine, There I’ve Said It Again, This Must Be Love, Too Much in Love, Who Started Love?
George Russell alto saxophone, woodwind A Helluva Town, Ballad of Hix Blewitt, Ballad of Hix Blewitt (Alternate Take), Big City Blues, Concerto for Billy the Kid, Concerto for Billy the Kid (Alternate Take), Dimensions, East Side Medley: Autumn in New York / How About You, Ezz-thetic, Fellow Delegates, Jack's Blues, Knights of the Steamtable, Livingstone I Presume, Manhatta-Rico, Manhattan, Night Sound, Round Johnny Rondo, The Sad Sergeant, Waltz From Outer Space, Witch Hunt, Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub
Al Cohn alto saxophone, saxophone Autumn Leaves, Best, Breakfast With Joe, Cabin in the Sky, Cohn My Way, Count Every Star, Inside Out, La Ronde, Never Never Land, Serenade for Kathy, Something for Lisa, This Reminds Me of You
Urbie Green reeds At Last, Dream, I Can't Get Started, I Had the Craziest Dream, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, I've Heard That Song Before, Let's Fall in Love, Moonlight Serenade, My Melancholy Baby, My Silent Love, Prisoner of Love, Stairway to the Stars
KNGI Records reeds At Last, Dream, I Can't Get Started, I Had The Craziest Dream, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, I've Heard That Song Before, Let's Fall in Love, Moonlight Serenade, My Melancholy Baby, My Silent Love, Prisoner of Love, Stairway to the Stars
Bill Evans tenor saxophone All About Rosie (3rd Section)
Deutsches Volksmusikensemble alto saxophone Bewitched, Funky Serenade, Gubi, Happiness, Heads or Tails, I Didn't Know About You, Julie's Bugle, Just Plain Meyer, Let's Wail, Night Cap, Slittin Sam (The Saychett Man)
Land Über alto saxophone Cork 'n' Bib, Darn That Dream, Moonlight in Vermont, Palo Alto, Someone to Watch Over Me, Somp'm Outa' Nothin', The Song Is You, Uncharted, When Your Lover Has Gone
Surma tenor saxophone All About Rosie, All Set, On Green Mountain, Revelations, Suspensions, Transformation
Charles Mingus reeds Adagio ma non troppo, Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too, Hobo Ho, The Chill of Death, The I of Hurricane Sue, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
Kurt Herman alto saxophone Dayee, Earthy, I Wouldn't, The Frontline, What's Not
Mal Waldron alto saxophone Earthy, I Wouldn't, The Front Line, What's Not
Charlie Parker clarinet If I Love Again, In the Still of the Night, Old Folks, В Тиши Той Ночи
The French Girls alto saxophone Concerto for Billy the Kid
Coleman Hawkins reeds The Bean Stalks Again
Jackie Paris saxophone Nobody Loses All the Time