Dave Young (bassist)

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David Anthony Young (born January 29, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian double bassist.

He played with jazz guitarist Lenny Breau in local gigs before studying music at Berklee College of Music and the Royal Conservatory of Music in the 1960s. He played with a number of Canadian symphony orchestras in the 1970s and worked extensively in jazz with Kenny Barron, Gene DiNovi, Wray Downes, Tommy Flanagan, Oliver Jones, and Oscar Peterson.[1] He was honoured as a Young Member of the Order of Canada in 2006. He has the technique of performing bowed solos like Paul Chambers.

Juno nominated albums[]

Young has been nominated for nine Juno Awards, winning the 1994 Best Mainstream Jazz Album for Fables and Dreams with the Phil Dwyer Quartet.[2]

  • - Wray Downes & Dave Young - Best Jazz Album (nominated, 1982)
  • Fables and Dreams - Dave Young / Phil Dwyer Quartet - Best Mainstream Jazz Album (winner, 1984)
  • Live at Bourbon St. - Lenny Breau with Dave Young- Best Mainstream Jazz Album (nominated, 1997)
  • - Dave Young - Best Mainstream Jazz Album (nominated, 1997)
  • - Dave Young Trio - Best Mainstream Jazz Album (nominated, 1999)
  • - Dave Young Quintet - Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (nominated, 2006)
  • - Dave Young Quintet - Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (nominated, 2012)
  • - Dave Young/ Octet - Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (nominated, 2013)
  • - Dave Young Quintet - Jazz Album of the Year: Group (nominated, 2017)

References[]

  1. ^ Mark Miller, "Dave Young". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
  2. ^ https://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=1970&to-year=2018&nomination-category=&wins-only=no&artist=dave+young


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