Spotify Release Info
Track: Mule Milk
Artist: Big Jay McNeely
Album: Big Jay McNeely - Extended Play - Vol. 2
Artist Bio
Name: Big Jay McNeely
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Biography
Born April 29, 1927 in Watts, California. Died September 16, 2018 at the Riverside University Health System Center. An influential tenor saxophonist, Big Jay McNeely formed a band with [a=Sonny Criss] (alto sax) and [a=Hampton Hawes] (piano) while he was still in high school in the mid-1940s. In 1948 he began recording for [l=Savoy Records], scoring a #1 R&B hit with "Deacon's Hop" in 1949. He pioneered a raucous, honking style of playing, and his acrobatic stage antics were well known. While performing, he would often leave the stage and play from the audience or on top of the bar. In the 1950s he performed with vocal groups, then retired from the music business in the early 1960s. In 1983 he began performing again. Brother of [a=Bob McNeely].
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Discogs Release Info
Release: Big Jay McNeely - Mule Milk / Ice Water
Year: 1954
Genres: Jazz, Blues
Styles: Rhythm & Blues