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MACY BLACKMAN & THE MIGHTY FINES

Macy Blackman - piano/ vocals
Bing Nathan - bass
Ken "Snakebite" Jacobs - saxophone
Jack Dorsey - drums

Hearing Macy Blackman is like stepping into an uptown New Orleans club such as the Dew Drop Inn circa 1955.
Graduating NYU in 1970 with a degree in music, Macy has been a longtime vocal and instrumental instructor. Also a master piano technician, his East Coast clients included Patti Smith, Oliver Lake, Rasheed Ali and good friend, Keith Richards.
A renowned musicologist, Macy moved to San Francisco in 2000 to teach courses at UC Berkeley. These popular classes explored major American musical styles of the twentieth century - rhythm and blues, swing and classic jazz.
He drifted back to New Orleans R&B and formed The Mighty Fines in 2003

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