Al Klink
BornDecember 28, 1915
Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMarch 7, 1991 (aged 75)
Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
GenresSwing, jazz
Instrument(s)Tenor saxophone

Al Klink (December 28, 1915 in Danbury, Connecticut – March 7, 1991 in Bradenton, Florida)[1] was an American swing jazz tenor saxophonist.

Career

Klink played with Glenn Miller from 1939 to 1942,[1] and is a featured soloist, along with Tex Beneke, on the most well-known version of "In the Mood". When Miller started playing in the U.S. military, Klink played with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, and did work as a session musician after World War II ended.[1] Klink appeared in the 1941 film Sun Valley Serenade and 1942 film Orchestra Wives.

From 1952 to 1953 he played with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra.[1] In 1955, he recorded his only session as a bandleader, performing six songs for a Bob Alexander album that won a Grammy Award. In the late-1960s to early-1970s, he was a tenor saxophone doubler on the staff of NBC's Tonight Show Band under Doc Severinsen, where he was an occasional featured soloist. After a hiatus, he returned in 1974 when he began playing with the World's Greatest Jazz Band.[1] In the 1970s, he played with Glenn Zottola and George Masso, and continued playing until the mid-1980s, when he retired to Florida.

Death

Klink died in Bradenton, Florida in 1991.

Discography

  • Satan in High Heels (1961)
  • Ping Pong Percussion (1961)
  • Swing into Spring (1958)

With Mundell Lowe

With Gerry Mulligan

With Nelson Riddle

With Cootie Williams

References

Footnotes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1391. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
General references
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