Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Eugene "Snooky" Young is an American jazz trumpeter. He is known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he is able to create a wide range of sounds. Young was lead trumpeter of the Jimmie Lunceford band from 1939 to 1942. He played with Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, among others, and was an original member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band.His longest engagement was with NBC, where, as a studio trumpeter, he joined the Tonight Show Band in 1967 and stayed with them until 1992, when the band was replaced by a new, smaller group. He continued to perform in Los Angeles, appearing on the classic 1976 Coconut Grove recording Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live and again on King's 2008 album One Kind Favor. His 1978 album with altoist Marshall Royal, Snooky and Marshall's Album, featured pianist Ross Tompkins, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Louie Bellson.

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