Larry Young
USA
Born: 07 October 1940
Died: 30 March 1978
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz/Groove, Fusion, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Bop, Jazz-Funk, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz
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If Jimmy Smith was "the Charlie Parker of the organ," Larry Young was its John Coltrane. One of the great innovators of the mid- to late '60s, Young fashioned a distinctive modal approach to the Hammond B-3 at a time when Smith's earthy, blues-drenched soul-jazz style was the instrument's dominant voice. Initially, Young was very much a Smith admirer himself. After playing with various R&B bands in the 1950s and being featured as a sideman with tenor saxman Jimmy Forrest in 1960, Young debuted as a leader that year with Testifying, which, like ...
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