McKINNEY, WILLIAM (BILL
). Jazz bandleader ( in Cynthia, Kentucky; in Detroit [?], Michigan). He began his professional career about 1920 as leader and drummer of a group called the Synco Septet, then later, the Synco Jazz Band, in Springfield, Ohio. He became business manager of the band, which played residencies in various places in the Midwest; after 1926 it was billed as
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
and was based in Detroit, Michigan.
Don Redman
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MCKINNEY, WILLIAM
(1895–1969)> JAZZ BANDLEADER