Tommy Turk

Tommy Turk

Tommy Turk (1927 – 1981) was a jazz trombonist from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. [ [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:z7qlu-JpozUJ:etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04252007-112723/unrestricted/Pena_ETD2007_FINAL.pdf+%22tommy+turk!%22+Nino%27s&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us Pittsburgh University Master's Thesis] ] He did notable playing for Jazz at the Philharmonic and can be heard on several CDs with Charlie Parker. On December 1, 1949, he led a group including Ray Brown and Buddy Rich that recorded four tunes under the name "Tommy Turk and His Orchestra". [ [http://www.google.com/books?id=GqBGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22tommy+turk%22&dq=%22tommy+turk%22&lr=&pgis=1 Jazz Records, 1942-1965: A Discography By Jørgen Grunnet Jepsen] ] He also recorded with Ella Fitzgerald and Flip Phillips around the same time. [ [http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve/1949-dis/c/ Verve Records Discography 1949] ] Many years later, Turk was living and performing in Las Vegas when he was fatally shot by robbers at either a drugstore or a bar. At the time he was visiting his wife. [ [http://www.google.com/books?id=LVWKNSAXiukC&pg=PA132&dq=%22tommy+turk%22&sig=8-hJ3VKEISeaHpqx4RYL-QIMEc0#PPA132,M1 A Minnesotan Takes A U-Turn: Chronicles of a Gopher State Guy on the Move By David V. Levine] ]

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