Joe Yukl

Joseph William Yukl (March 5, 1909 – March 16, 1981) was an American jazz trombonist.

Joe Yukl
Born	March 5, 1909 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	March 16, 1981 (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Trombone

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.^[1] 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).^[2][3]

References

Footnotes

1. Harrod, James A. (2020-03-09). Stars of Jazz: A Complete History of the Innovative Television Series, 1956-1958. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7770-5.
2. "Joe Yukl Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
3. Crowther, Bosley (1954-02-11). "THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; ' The Glenn Miller Story' Stars James Stewart and June Allyson at the Capitol". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-25.

General references

• "Joe Yukl". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.