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Larry Young | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Khalid Yasin |
Born | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | October 7, 1940
Died | March 30, 1978 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 37)
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Organ |
Labels | Blue Note |
Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin Abdul Aziz]; October 7, 1940 – March 30, 1978) [1] was an American jazz organist and occasional pianist. Young's early work was strongly influenced by the soul jazz of Jimmy Smith, but he later pioneered a more experimental, modal approach to the Hammond B-3. [2]
Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, United States, Young attended Newark Arts High School, where he began performing with a vocal group and a jazz band. [3] He was also the cousin of the drummer Jimmie Smith. [4]
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. [1] Recording as a leader for Prestige from 1960, Young made a number of soul jazz discs, Testifying, Young Blues and Groove Street. [1] When Young signed with Blue Note around 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane. [1] In this period, he produced his most enduring work. He recorded several times as part of a trio with guitarist Grant Green and drummer Elvin Jones, [1] who were occasionally augmented by additional players. Most of these albums were released under Green's name, though Into Somethin' (with Sam Rivers on saxophone) became Young's Blue Note debut. [1] Unity, recorded in 1965, remains his best-known album; it features a front line of Joe Henderson and the young Woody Shaw. [1] Subsequent albums for Blue Note (Contrasts, Of Love and Peace, Heaven On Earth, Mother Ship) also drew on elements of the 1960s avant-garde and utilised local musicians from Young's hometown of Newark. Young then became a part of some of the earliest fusion groups: first on Emergency! with the Tony Williams Lifetime (with Tony Williams and John McLaughlin) and also on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew. [1] His sound with Lifetime was made distinctive by his often very percussive approach and regular heavy use of guitar and synthesizer-like effects. He is also known for a jam he recorded with rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, which was released after Hendrix's death on the album, Nine to the Universe.
In March 1978, he checked into a hospital for stomach pains. [5] He died there on March 30, 1978, while being treated for what is said to be pneumonia. [6] However, the actual cause of his death is unclear. [2] [7]
With Miles Davis
With Grant Green
With Gildo Mahones
With John McLaughlin
With The Tony Williams Lifetime
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With others
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This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2020) |
Larry Young | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Also known as | Khalid Yasin |
Born | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | October 7, 1940
Died | March 30, 1978 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 37)
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Organ |
Labels | Blue Note |
Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin Abdul Aziz]; October 7, 1940 – March 30, 1978) [1] was an American jazz organist and occasional pianist. Young's early work was strongly influenced by the soul jazz of Jimmy Smith, but he later pioneered a more experimental, modal approach to the Hammond B-3. [2]
Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, United States, Young attended Newark Arts High School, where he began performing with a vocal group and a jazz band. [3] He was also the cousin of the drummer Jimmie Smith. [4]
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. [1] Recording as a leader for Prestige from 1960, Young made a number of soul jazz discs, Testifying, Young Blues and Groove Street. [1] When Young signed with Blue Note around 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane. [1] In this period, he produced his most enduring work. He recorded several times as part of a trio with guitarist Grant Green and drummer Elvin Jones, [1] who were occasionally augmented by additional players. Most of these albums were released under Green's name, though Into Somethin' (with Sam Rivers on saxophone) became Young's Blue Note debut. [1] Unity, recorded in 1965, remains his best-known album; it features a front line of Joe Henderson and the young Woody Shaw. [1] Subsequent albums for Blue Note (Contrasts, Of Love and Peace, Heaven On Earth, Mother Ship) also drew on elements of the 1960s avant-garde and utilised local musicians from Young's hometown of Newark. Young then became a part of some of the earliest fusion groups: first on Emergency! with the Tony Williams Lifetime (with Tony Williams and John McLaughlin) and also on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew. [1] His sound with Lifetime was made distinctive by his often very percussive approach and regular heavy use of guitar and synthesizer-like effects. He is also known for a jam he recorded with rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, which was released after Hendrix's death on the album, Nine to the Universe.
In March 1978, he checked into a hospital for stomach pains. [5] He died there on March 30, 1978, while being treated for what is said to be pneumonia. [6] However, the actual cause of his death is unclear. [2] [7]
With Miles Davis
With Grant Green
With Gildo Mahones
With John McLaughlin
With The Tony Williams Lifetime
|
With others
|