Julian Euell

Julian Euell (born May 23, 1929) is an American jazz bassist.

Euell first began playing bass in 1944, and served in the Army from 1945-47. He played with Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, and Art Taylor in 1947 but quit music from 1949 to 1952, working in a post office. In 1952 he studied under Charles Mingus and then attended Juilliard from 1953 to 1956, studying with Stuart Sankey, and Frederick Zimmermann. He also took classes at New York University between 1951 and 1954, and received a bachelor's in sociology from Columbia University; In 1954-55 he taught there. His musical associations at the time included Elmo Hope (1952), Benny Harris (1952-53), Charlie Rouse (1953-54), Joe Roland (1955), Freddie Redd (1956), Gigi Gryce (1956-57), and Phineas Newborn (1957). After this he began doing social work in New Jersey and was less active as a performer, though he continued playing with Mal Waldron (1958-60), Randy Weston (1959), Abbey Lincoln (1959-60), Charles Mingus, and Kenny Dorham.