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Marl Young

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Musician / Composer / Arranger of Blues and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Marl Henderson Young

Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Record company owner, Union official. born Marl Henderson Young in Bluefield, Virginia, he was also to be known as Marle Young, Merle Young, and Moral Young. At the age of 5 Youngs' mother moved her 7 children to Chicago, where Marl began playing piano at a young age (1923). In 1933 he joined the musicians union and played his first professional job with Milt Hinton and Scoops Carey. In the 1930s he played with others including Reuben Reeves and Baby Dodds. By the early 1940s he was arranging and directing floor shows at such prominent Chicago clubs as Club DeLisa, El Grotto, New Club Plantation, and The Rhumboogie. It was here that Marl was pianist and arranger in the Rhumboogie Dream Band, whose lineup did briefly feature Charlie Parker, the billed later as Marl Young And His Orchestra. 1945 saw Young drafted and discharged from the US Army, and also becoming a law school graduate. in 1946 Marl is pianist and arranger in the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra at the Club DeLisa. 1946/47 also saw him running his own record label Sunbeam Records (6). A move to Los Angeles in 1947 saw him as a key player in desegregating L.A. musicians unions. He also worked in TV studios musical director for Desilu Productions. (1917/01/29 Bluefield, Virginia - 2009/04/29 Los Angeles)

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• Blues
• R&B/Soul
• Jazz

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