Big Jay McNeely

Big Jay McNeely is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 1987–2001. The artist is connected with Cool Jazz and Jump Blues, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Cool Jazz and Jump Blues shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Hot Cinders”, “Real Crazy Cool”. Then move to “Big “J” In 3‐D” and “Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Big Jay McNeely 1948-1950” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.