Joe Yukl
Joseph William Yukl (March 5, 1909 – March 16, 1981) was an American jazz trombonist.
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Joe Yukl
- Name
- Joe Yukl
- Born
- March 5, 1909
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Died
- March 16, 1981 (aged 72)
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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
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Joe Yukl, born on 5 March 1909 in New York and died in March 1981 in Los Angeles, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Early life
Early life
Yukl learned to play violin before switching to trombone as a teenager.
Career
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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