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Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin (Abdul Aziz) (born October 7, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey-died March 30, 1978 in New York City) was an American jazz organist and occasional pianist. Young pioneered a modal approach to the Hammond B-3 (in contrast to Jimmy Smith’s soul-jazz style).
Young played with various R&B bands in the 1950s before gaining jazz experience with Jimmy Forrest, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley and Tommy Turrentine. Recording as a leader for Prestige from 1960, Young made a number of soul-jazz discs including Testifying, Young Blues and Groove Street. When Young went to Blue Note in 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane. In this period, he produced his most enduring work. He recorded many times as part of a trio with guitarist Grant Green and drummer Elvin Jones, occasionally augmented by additional players; most of this sequence of albums was released under Green’s name, though Into Somethin’ (with Sam Rivers on saxophone) became Young’s Blue Note debut. Unity, recorded in 1965, remains his best-known album; it features a front line of Joe Henderson and the young Woody Shaw. Subsequent albums for Blue Note (Contrasts, Of Love and Peace, Heaven On Earth) also drew on elements of the ’60s avant-garde and utilised local musicians from Young’s hometown of Newark. Young then became a part of some of the earliest fusion experiments: he played on Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, then with guitarist John McLaughlin joined The Tony Williams Lifetime trio. His sound with Lifetime was made distinct by his often very percussive approach and often heavy use of guitar and synthesizer-like effects.
Young played with various R&B bands in the 1950s before gaining jazz experience with Jimmy Forrest, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley and Tommy Turrentine. Recording as a leader for Prestige from 1960, Young made a number of soul-jazz discs including Testifying, Young Blues and Groove Street. When Young went to Blue Note in 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane. In this period, he produced his most enduring work. He recorded many times as part of a trio with guitarist Grant Green and drummer Elvin Jones, occasionally augmented by additional players; most of this sequence of albums was released under Green’s name, though Into Somethin’ (with Sam Rivers on saxophone) became Young’s Blue Note debut. Unity, recorded in 1965, remains his best-known album; it features a front line of Joe Henderson and the young Woody Shaw. Subsequent albums for Blue Note (Contrasts, Of Love and Peace, Heaven On Earth) also drew on elements of the ’60s avant-garde and utilised local musicians from Young’s hometown of Newark. Young then became a part of some of the earliest fusion experiments: he played on Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, then with guitarist John McLaughlin joined The Tony Williams Lifetime trio. His sound with Lifetime was made distinct by his often very percussive approach and often heavy use of guitar and synthesizer-like effects.
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eucommia wrote:
criminal that he isn't more revered.
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xbountyhunterx wrote:
powerful music
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Does it get any better than this?
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mada11 wrote:
Yup
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Piękna nęcąca muza... chciałbym mieszkać w sali prób z taką Odlatującą, Wszędobylską, Kręcącą noskiem Muzą :) Dobry Jazz... Dobry for maj hed :) Pozdrawiam wszystkich jazzodlatywaczy...
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joels344_1 wrote:
Larry Young is brillant! I'm loving Unity right now!
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L3dd1 wrote:
Unity is rather great.
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sGarrista- wrote:
He's good.
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cichyczlowiek wrote:
If Jimmy Smith was the Charlie Parker of the organ, Larry Young was its John Coltrane. - AMG
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