Larry Young (musician) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Larry Young
Background information
Also known as	Khalid Yasin
Born	(1940-10-07)October 7, 1940 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	March 30, 1978(1978-03-30) (aged 37) New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres	Jazz soul jazz jazz-funk modal jazz jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Organ
Labels	Blue Note

Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin [Abdul Aziz]; October 7, 1940 – March 30, 1978) 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.

Biography

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.

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, Testifying, Young Blues and Groove Street. When Young signed with Blue Note around 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane. 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, 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. 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, Mother Ship) also drew on elements of the 1960s avant-garde and utilised local musicians from Young's hometown of Newark. ..... 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 the hospital for stomach pains. He died there on March 30, 1978, while being treated for what is said to be pneumonia. However, the actual cause of his death is unclear.

Discography

As leader

• Testifying (New Jazz, 1960)
• Young Blues (New Jazz, 1960)
• Groove Street (Prestige, 1962)
• Into Somethin' (Blue Note, 1965) – recorded in 1964
• Unity (Blue Note, 1966) – recorded in 1965
• Of Love and Peace (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1966
• Contrasts (Blue Note, 1968) – recorded in 1967
• Heaven on Earth (Blue Note, 1969) – recorded in 1968
• Lawrence of Newark (Perception, 1975) – recorded in 1973
• Fuel (Arista, 1975)
• Spaceball (Arista, 1976)
• The Magician (Acanta/Bellaphon, 1977)
• Mother Ship (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1969
• Larry Young in Paris: The ORTF Sessions (Resonance, 2016) - recorded for French radio in 1964 and 1965

As sideman

See also

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