Marl Young

Marl Young (29 Jan 1917, Bluefield, Virginia, – 29 April 2009, Los Angeles, California) was an American musician and arranger who helped with the merger of the all-black and all-white musicians unions in Los Angeles in the early 1950s. He later became the first black music director of a major network television series, Here's Lucy starring Lucille Ball.

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References

  • Marl Young dies at 92; Pianist was key in desegregating L.A. musicians unions LA Times 3 May 2009
  • Musician Marl Young dies at 92 Variety, May 5, 2009,
  • Johnson, Steve (5 May 2009). "LUCY & THE MASTERFUL MUSICIAN Marl Young recalls working with Lucy". Film Score. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  • Steven Isoardi, Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles 1998, University of California Press. ISBN 0520220986
  • Interview of Marl Young,Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles


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