George Young (saxophonist)
George Ernest Young (Philadelphia, PA, 10 July 1937)[1] is an American jazz saxophonist.
After leading his own band in the late 1950s, Young became a New York City session and studio musician in the 1960s and joined several line-ups including Mike Mainieri's jazz-rock big band White Elephant Orchestra, as well as later joining the Saturday Night Live Band.[1]
In 1982, along with fellow saxophonists Dave Sanborn, Ronnie Cuber, Young was voted one of the Most Valued Players by the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences' annual awards edition.[2]
Young has led his own quartets featuring Harold Danko, Rick Laird and Butch Miles (early 1980s) and another quartet, featuring Warren Bernhardt, Tony Marino and Tom Whaley (early 1990s).[1]
Discography
As leader
- 1962: Presenting the Unbelieveable George Young, Columbia Records[3]
As sideman/session musician
- 1977: Maynard Ferguson - Conquistador, Columbia Records
- 1977: Walter Bishop Jr. - Soul Village, Muse[4]
- 1978: Quincy Jones - Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! [5]
- 1979: Dr. John - City Lights,[6]
- 1979: Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, Chrysalis[7]
- 1984: Yoko Ono - Every Man Has a Woman, Polydor (Young plays on the track "Now or Never", recorded in 1972[8]
- 1996: Christy Baron - I Thought About You, Chesky[9]
References
- ^ a b c Feather, Leonard; Ira Gitler. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780199886401. At Google Books. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "N.Y. NARAS Chapter Gives MVP Awards." Billboard, p. 60. 13 November 1982. At Google Books. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard, p. 14. 6 October 1962. At Google Books. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Walter Bishop Jr. Catalog. At Jazzdico.org. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/soundsand-stuff-like-that%21%21-mw0000649592
- ^ Down Beat, Volume 46, p. 30. Maher Publications, 1979. At Google Books. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Closeup". Billboard, p. 67. 21 April 1979. At Google Books. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Blaney, John. John Lennon: Listen to This Book, p. 321. John Blaney, 2005. ISBN 9780954452810. At Google Books. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Lord, Tom. The Jazz Discography, Volume 33, p. B-173. Lord Music Reference, 2003. ISBN 9781881993162. At Google Books. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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