| Al Klink | |
| Birth Date: | December 28, 1915 |
| Death Date: | March 7, 1991 (aged 75) |
| Birth Place: | Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Bradenton, Florida, U.S. |
| Instrument: | Tenor saxophone |
| Genre: | Swing, jazz |
| Past Member Of: | World's Greatest Jazz Band, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Zottola, George Masso |
Al Klink (December 28, 1915 in Danbury, Connecticut - March 7, 1991 in Bradenton, Florida)[1] was an American swing jazz tenor saxophonist.
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.
Klink died in Bradenton, Florida in 1991.
With Mundell Lowe
With Gerry Mulligan
With Nelson Riddle
With Cootie Williams