# Joe Yukl

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**Joseph William Yukl** (March 5, 1909 – March 16, 1981) was an American [jazz](/source/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](/source/CBS), and worked with [Red Nichols](/source/Red_Nichols) and [The Dorsey Brothers](/source/The_Dorsey_Brothers).[1] He played with [Joe Haymes](/source/Joe_Haymes) in 1934, then with the Dorseys once again; through the end of the decade he also played with [Louis Armstrong](/source/Louis_Armstrong), [Ray McKinley](/source/Ray_McKinley), [Bing Crosby](/source/Bing_Crosby), [Ben Pollack](/source/Ben_Pollack), [Frankie Trumbauer](/source/Frankie_Trumbauer), and [Ted Fio Rito](/source/Ted_Fio_Rito). In the 1940s he worked as a [session musician](/source/Session_musician) for studio recordings in Los Angeles and for film and television; he played with [Wingy Manone](/source/Wingy_Manone) and [Charlie LaVere](/source/Charlie_LaVere) in the 1940s. He appears in the film *[Rhythm Inn](/source/Rhythm_Inn)* (1951) and is heard playing trombone in *[The Glenn Miller Story](/source/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*](https://books.google.com/books?id=EuvaDwAAQBAJ&dq=Joe+Yukl+jazz&pg=PA155). McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7770-5.

1. ["Joe Yukl Biography, Songs, & Albums"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-yukl-mn0002151177/biography). *AllMusic*. Retrieved 2022-07-25.

1. Crowther, Bosley (1954-02-11). ["THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; ' The Glenn Miller Story' Stars James Stewart and June Allyson at the Capitol"](https://www.nytimes.com/1954/02/11/archives/the-screen-in-review-the-glenn-miller-story-stars-james-stewart-and.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2022-07-25.

**General references**

- "Joe Yukl". *[The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz](/source/The_New_Grove)*. 2nd edition, ed. [Barry Kernfeld](/source/Barry_Kernfeld).

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