# There are a handful of 12 videos and 4 photos of Hal McKusick in action so you can get to know him, too - Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/06/08/there-are-a-handful-of-12-videos-and-4photos-of-hal-mckusick-in-action-so-you-can-get-to-know-him-too/ - Published: 2018-06-08T11:05:13+01:00 - Author: https://JazzBlues.EU **Hal was an educator and always available, and he was loaded with stories and insights. Naturally, his passing was heartbreaking. His early encouragement was essential and fantastic, and his cool, relaxed way of talking was entertaining in and of itself.** [⌊Hal_McKusick⌉⌊Hal_McKusick⌉[ As I recall, baritone saxophonist Danny Bank was my first. I had much more free time between 2007 and 2010, so I simply decided to track down jazz musicians I admired on my records and interview them about growing up and their recording careers. I figured interviewing was what I did for a living, why not pay the music back by capturing the lives and stories for my blog. Today, all of those interviews are free and in the right-hand column. [⌊Screen Shot 2018-03-20 at 9.18.56 PM⌉⌊Screen Shot 2018-03-20 at 9.18.56 PM⌉[ Recently, I was thinking of Hal. Here are a handful of videos of him in action so you can get to know him, too. ![Screen Shot 2018-06-07 at 5.31.43 AM](http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f088340223c8514103200c- 500wi) ![Screen Shot 2018-03-20 at 9.12.17 PM](http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f0883401b7c959e491970b- 500wi) Hal McKusick playing John Coltrane’s _The Wise One_… A video tribute to Hal after his passing by the Ross School in East Hampton, N.Y., where Hal taught music and led the school’s orchestras and ensembles for many years… A video that Ross School student Alexandra Fairweather made of Hal in 2009… _Home Town Blues_ in 2007 in Sag Harbor, N.Y.with Hal McKusick (as), Don Friedman( p), Jay Anderson (b) and Dennis Mackrel (d)… Hal on alto sax in 1956 on his album _Jazz at the Academy_playing _Irresistible You_ with Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b) and Osie Johnson (d)… Hal on alto and bass clarinet at his peak in 1958 on his album _Cross Section-Saxes_ playing George Handy’s arrangement of _La Rue_ with Dick Hafer and Frank Socolow( ts), Jay Cameron (bs), Bill Evans (p), Paul Chambers (b) and Connie Kay (d)… Hal on alto saxophone playing _Don’t Worry About Me_… Hal on _You’re Everywhere._.. Hal on clarinet playing _I’m Glad There Is You_… Hal on alto saxophone playing _Irresistible You_… Hal playing alto saxophone on _Give ‘Em Hal._.. **Bonus:** Hal in the early 1960s on TV’s _I’ve Got a Secret._He’s on the right on the bandstand and on the right when the musicians gather behind Steve Allen. You have to be fast to catch Hal’s sense of humor, like when he ad libs, “Not the way we play it”… ### _Related_