John McNeil (musician)

{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter (1948–2024)}}

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| birth_name = John Patrick McNeil

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|03|23}}

| birth_place = Siskiyou County, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|09|27|1948|03|23}}

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| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Trumpet

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| website = {{URL|www.mcneiljazz.com}}

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John Patrick McNeil (March 23, 1948 – September 27, 2024) was an American jazz trumpeter. He performed with artists including Billy Hart, Rufus Reid, Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan,{{cite web|title =CD/LP Review: East Coast Cool |publisher=All About Jazz |first=Budd|last=Kopman | url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21500 |date =2006-04-28|accessdate =2010-08-01}} and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.{{cite web|title =CD/LP Review: This Way Out |publisher=All About Jazz |first=Sean Patrick|last=Fitzell | url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=13577 |date =2004-04-15|accessdate =2010-08-01}} McNeil was born on March 23, 1948,State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2005. and died on September 27, 2024, at the age of 76.{{cite news |title=John McNeil. 1948–2024. |url=https://fontmusic.org/2024/09/john-mcneil-1948-2024/ |access-date=30 September 2024 |publisher=Font Music |date=29 September 2024}}