Biography
Tommy McQuater
Real name: Thomas Mossie McQuater, Sr.
Jazz trumpet playerborn 4 September 1914 in Maybole, Scotland
died 20 January 2008
McQuater played with many of the leading English dance bands; with Jack Payne in 1934, Lew Stone in 1934-1935, with Bert Ambrose 1936-1938. During and after the war, he played with the Squadronaires, making several recordings.
He also recorded with Benny Carter (1936-1937), Danny Polo (1937), George Chisholm (1938, 1944-1945, 1961), and Benny Goodman (1969).