Harold McNair is barely known today. Yet he was one of the prettiest and most exciting modern flutists of the late 1960s and very early '70s. He was a beautiful saxophonist as well. McNair got off to a slow start, and when he finally was rolling, jazz was already fading.
Born in Jamaica, McNair was educated as a child at the Alpha Boys' School in Kingsto…
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