A great surviving stylist of the trumpet, Eugene "Snooky" Young is the absolute master of the plunger mute, an instantly recognizable star with whomever he plays. He can make his horn speak, shout, growl, and sigh with his mutes, while always swinging irresistibly. Yet Young has made his reputation almost entirely from within the bands who employ him, rarely stepping out on his own since leading his own band in his hometown Dayton from 1947 to 1957.
Young took up the trumpet at the age of five and first began to make a name for himself as the lead trumpeter of the Jimmie Lunceford band from 1939 to 1942.
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