Stanley George McDonald Jr. (August 28, 1935 – May 2021) was an American

traditional jazz Trad jazz, short for "traditional jazz", is a form of jazz in the United States and Britain in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, played by musicians such as Chris Barber, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Ken Colyer and Monty Sunshine, based on a reviva ...

clarinetist, soprano saxophone and tuba player. He was one of the founding members of the

New Black Eagle Jazz Band The New Black Eagle Jazz Band is a New Orleans Style Jazz band founded in 1971 and based in New England. Four of the members had previously been in the Black Eagle Jazz Band led by Tommy Sancton. The band has seven core members. Music performed by ...

in 1971. Ten years later he founded the Blue Horizon Jazz Band. McDonald made numerous recordings with the New Black Eagles. In 1973 the recording "On the River" was nominated for an Emmy Award. McDonald was listed as one of the top five soprano saxophone players in the world in a 1985 ''Mississippi Rag'' poll. He has played with Ralph Sutton, Tommy Benford,

Buzzy Drootin Benjamin "Buzzy" Drootin (April 22, 1920 – May 21, 2000) was an American jazz drummer. Career Drootin was born near Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, with his family when he was five. His father played the cl ...

, Ross Petot,

Sammy Price Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the ...

, Benny Waters,

Doc Cheatham Adolphus Anthony Cheatham, better known as Doc Cheatham (June 13, 1905 – June 2, 1997), was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. He is also the Grandfather of musician Theo Croker. Early life Doc Cheatham was born in Nashv ...

, Dick Wetmore,

Marty Grosz Martin Oliver Grosz (born February 28, 1930) is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, vocalist, and composer born in Berlin, Germany, the son of artist George Grosz. He performed with Bob Wilber and wrote arrangements for him. He has also worked ...

, and Scott Hamilton. In 2010, McDonald was the subject of a three-part series entitled ''Visiting Stan McDonald'' on Dave Radlauer's ''Jazz Rhythm'' radio series. The program won a Gabriel Award in 2011. Stan McDonald died in May 2021, at the age of 85.

Discography

with Blue Horizon Jazz Band: * ''A Real Love Strong'' * ''I Remember When'' * ''Innside Track'' * ''Dawn of the Blue Horizon Jazz Band'' * ''Banned in Boston'' * ''Classic Jazz Variations''

References

Sources

The Mississippi Rag Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott ...

, by George A. Borgman, February 2003, pages 1–9.

External links

Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band
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