Joe Yukl
Also recorded as Joseph William Yukl
Joe Yukl
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1981
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• Name — Joe Yukl • Born — March 5, 1909 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Died — March 16, 1981 (aged 72) • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Instruments — Trombone Joseph William Yukl (March 5, 1909 – March 16, 1981) was an American jazz trombonist.
Early life
Yukl learned to play violin before switching to trombone as a teenager.
Career
Yukl relocated to New York City in 1927, where he took a position playing in radio bands for CBS, and worked with Red Nichols and The Dorsey Brothers. He played with Joe Haymes in 1934, then with the Dorseys once again; through the end of the decade he also played with Louis Armstrong, Ray McKinley, Bing Crosby, Ben Pollack, Frankie Trumbauer, and Ted Fio Rito. In the 1940s he worked as a session musician for studio recordings in Los Angeles and for film and television; he played with Wingy Manone and Charlie LaVere in the 1940s. He appears in the film Rhythm Inn (1951) and is heard playing trombone in The Glenn Miller Story (1953).
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- 1.Harrod, James A. Stars of Jazz: A Complete History of the Innovative Television Series, 1956-1958. McFarland. 2020-03-09. 978-1-4766-7770-5.
- 2.Joe Yukl Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
- 3.Crowther, Bosley. THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; ' The Glenn Miller Story' Stars James Stewart and June Allyson at the Capitol. The New York Times. 1954-02-11. 0362-4331.
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