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Biography
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McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Effective period / Period of releases: 1928 - 1992
Members: Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller, Benny Carter, George Thomas, Don Redman, Prince Robinson, Dave Wilborn, Lonnie Johnson (2), Ted McCord, Langston Curl, Claude Jones, Ralph Escudero, Ed Cuffee, Todd Rhodes, Cuba Austin, Joe Smith (3), Sidney De Paris, Billy Taylor Sr., Leonard Davis, James Price Johnson, Milton Senior, Kaiser Marshall, Jimmy Dudley, John Nesbitt
American big band, formed by William McKinney (2) in Springfield, Ohio, from the Synco Jazz Band. They recorded for Victor 1928-1931, often with arrangements by Don Redman or by trumpeter John Nesbitt. McKinney continued to lead the band until the early 1940s, but they made no further recordings.