Jimmy McGary: The Best Jazz You Never Heard

Jimmy McGary: The Best Jazz You Never Heard (2019) is a documentary, music film directed by Christopher Braig.

Tenor saxophonist Jimmy McGary was a major presence in the Cincinnati music scene from the 1950s until his death in the early ’90s. With music rooted in Bebop with a progressive slant, the Jazz legend was a session player for King Records and released his first album as a bandleader — The First Time (with a quartet that included pianist Pat Kelly) — in 1979. McGary’s spirit and legacy have lived on well after his passing and well beyond Cincinnati, as evidenced in this new documentary film.

Cast

Jimmy McGary

Archive Footage

Fred Hersh

Wayne Yeager

Lynn Seaton

Pat Kelly

Steve Schmidt

Michael Skaggs

Sean McGary

Chuck Fertal

David Mathews

Rick VanMatre

Lou Lausche