Jack McVea
John Vivian McVea (November 5, 1914 – December 27, 2000) was an American swing, blues, and rhythm and blues woodwind player and bandleader. He played clarinet and tenor and baritone saxophone. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States), Died December 27, 2000 (Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, baritone saxophone, composer, clarinet, alto saxophone, songwriter, tenor saxophone
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 33 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D7VB-0406 | 10-in. | 1/3/1947 | Open the door, Richard! | Count Basie Orchestra | Male vocal duet, with comic dialogue and jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Exclusive | EXC-1163 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Swing man | Jack McVea Orchestra ; Sammy Yates | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1164 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Two timin' baby | Jack McVea Orchestra ; Rabon Tarrant | leader, songwriter | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1165 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | No, no, you can't do dot mon | Rabon Tarrant | composer, leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1166 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Butch | Arthur Duncan ; Jack McVea Orchestra | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1204 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Inflation blues | Jack McVea Orchestra | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1205 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Carlos | Jack McVea ; Rabon Tarrant ; Sammy Yates | composer, leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1227 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Fish for supper | Jack McVea ; Rabon Tarrant | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1228 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Jack Frost | Jack McVea Orchestra | composer, leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1229 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Fightin' mama blues | Jack McVea ; Rabon Tarrant | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1230 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Tatoe pie | Jack McVea Orchestra ; Jack McVea | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1242 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | The walls come tumblin' down | Jack McVea ; Rabon Tarrant | leader, songwriter | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1243 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Walkin' and talkin' blues | Jack McVea ; Rabon Tarrant ; Sammy Yates | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1244 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Evening | Arthur Duncan ; Jack McVea | leader | ||
| Exclusive | EXC-1245 | 10-in. | 12/31/1949 | Mumblin' blues | Jack McVea Orchestra ; Jack McVea ; Rabon Tarrant | songwriter, leader | ||
| Mercury | 3881 | 10-in. | 6/14/1951 | Am I to blame | Meredith Howard | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Mercury | 3884 | 10-in. | 6/14/1951 | Just kiss me once | Meredith Howard | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Imperial | IM-293 | 10-in. | 5/16/1951 | Pork chops and mustard greens | Ernie Andrews | composer | ||
| Imperial | BW-726 | 10-in. | 1945 | Harlem bop, pt. 1 | Howard McGhee | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
| Imperial | BW-727 | 10-in. | 1945 | Harlem bop, pt. 2 | Howard McGhee | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 70100 | 10-in. | 12/24/1941 | Just for you | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 70101 | 10-in. | 12/24/1941 | Southern echoes | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 70102 | 10-in. | 12/24/1941 | My wish | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 70103 | 10-in. | 12/24/1941 | Nola | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 70416 | 10-in. | 3/2/1942 | Royal family | Lionel Hampton Sextet | instrumentalist, clarinet, alto saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McVea, Jack," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/206644.
McVea, Jack. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/206644.
"McVea, Jack." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: Jack McVea
Discogs: Jack McVea
Allmusic: Jack McVea
Grove: Jack McVea
IMDb: Jack McVea
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: McVea, Jack - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92097627
Wikidata: Jack McVea - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q955738
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/22330813
MusicBrainz: Jack McVea - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/23cb032e-eca4-420f-a006-cf0d4e9ca6fd
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Feedback
Send the Editors a message about this record.