- Billy Mackel
John William "Billy" Mackel (December 28, 1912 – May 5, 1986) was an American
jazz guitarist.Mackel played
banjo early in his career in his home town ofBaltimore , but switched to guitar (like many banjoists of the day) in the 1930s. He led his own band early in the 1940s, then joinedLionel Hampton in 1944. Mackel worked with Hampton, with occasional intermissions, for over thirty years, touring and recording with him copiously. In the 1940s he also recorded withMilt Buckner ,Arnett Cobb ,Herbie Fields , and others, and worked withBilly Williams in the 1960s.References
"Billy Mackel". "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz".
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