1945–1981
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Cy McLean
1916–1986
Canada
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Biography
Cy McLean (1916–1986) was a Canadian pianist and band leader, whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1970s. He is particularly notable as having led Canada's only full-scale black orchestra in the 1940s. His success as a Canadian black musician is considered to have influenced the success of later Canadian black musicians.
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