Dan McIntyre is a jazz guitarist and composer from

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. McIntyre was born in Chicago's Northwest side. His early musical influences included guitarists

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. He has performed with

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and toured North America and Europe with

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in the 1970s and 1980s. McIntyre has released a CD titled ''Hourglass'' on the Southport label.

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