Snooky Young obituary

Jazz trumpeter with imagination and taste, he played lead with an array of great bandsThe jazz trumpeter Snooky Young, who has died aged 92, served during his long career with an array of great bands, including those of Jimmie Lunceford and Count Basie, and his all-round prowess led him eventually to a successful studio career, including a 25-year sojourn with Doc Severinsen's NBC Tonight Show Band. The trumpeter Thad Jones, his Basie colleague and later a prominent bandleader himself, rated Yo...

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