Bill McFarland... Enhanced Profile
Bill McFarland and The Chicago Horns have been one of the most prolific horn sections in blues and jazz for the last ten years. Trumpet player Kenny Anderson is a long standing professional who is well known and one of the leading Salsa performers from the Chicago music scene. Hank Ford on Saxophone has played with all the great performers of blues and jazz. He has played with Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield and has played on the "Wiz" and Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies" stage shows. Band leader and founder Bill McFarland has played on the late, great Albert Collin's "Frostbite" album and on Fenton Robinson's and Lonnie Brooks' albums and has played live with Aretha Franklin, Etta James and Otis Clay just to name a few. He is the director and the driving force of The Chicago Horns. "This band's taut rhythms, its front line's muscular quality and its rhythm section's aggressiveness make The Chicago Horns sound more like a small jazz symphony than the hard-hitting sextet it is." Truly, Bill McFarland and The Chicago Horns are now the top horn section in the blues and jazz world.
Bill McFarland and The Chicago Horns have been one of the most prolific horn sections in blues and jazz for the last ten years. Trumpet player Kenny Anderson is a long standing professional who is well known and one of the leading Salsa performers from the Chicago music scene. Hank Ford on Saxophone has played with all the great performers of blues and jazz. He has played with Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield and has played on the "Wiz" and Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies" stage shows. Band leader and founder Bill McFarland has played on the late, great Albert Collin's "Frostbite" album and on Fenton Robinson's and Lonnie Brooks' albums and has played live with Aretha Franklin, Etta James and Otis Clay just to name a few. He is the director and the driving force of The Chicago Horns. "This band's taut rhythms, its front line's muscular quality and its rhythm section's aggressiveness make The Chicago Horns sound more like a small jazz symphony than the hard-hitting sextet it is." Truly, Bill McFarland and The Chicago Horns are now the top horn section in the blues and jazz world.
