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Tommy McCook

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Artist information

Born in:Havana,
Jamaica
Year of Birth:1927
Year of death:1998

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Tommy McCook (3 March 1927 – 5 May 1998) was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s.
While some sources claim that McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in 1933, others claim that he was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He took up the tenor saxophone at... more

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