Hal McKusick - The Remasters (All Tracks Remastered) (2021)

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Title: The Remasters (All Tracks Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Millennium Digital Remaster
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3
Total Time: 1:49:29
Total Size: 621 / 260 MB
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Tracklist:

01. The Settlers and the Indians (Remastered 2016)
02. How Long Has This Been Going On (Remastered 2019)
03. I'm Glad There Is You (Remastered 2016)
04. Minor Seventh Heave (Remastered 2019)
05. Something New (Remastered 2016)
06. Can't We Be Friends (Remastered 2019)
07. A Touch of Spring (Remastered 2016)
08. You're a Lucky Guy (Remastered 2019)
09. Saturday Night (Remastered 2016)
10. My Inspiration (Remastered 2019)
11. Jambangle (Remastered 2017)
12. Whisper Not (Remastered 2016)
13. It Never Entered My Mind (Remastered 2016)
14. Ain't Nothin' but a Memory Now (Remastered 2017)
15. Give 'Em Hal (Remastered 2017)
16. Stratusphunk (Remastered 2016)
17. Interwoven (Remastered 2017)
18. The Day John Brown Was Hanged (Remastered 2017)
19. Minor Matters (Remastered 2017)
20. Yesterdays (Remastered 2016)
21. Taylor Made (Remastered 2017)
22. Sing Song (Remastered 2016)
23. Lullaby for Leslie (Remastered 2017)
24. Blues for Pablo (Remastered 2017)
25. Tommy Hawk (Remastered 2017)

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