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Other uses|Larry Young (disambiguation)!Larry Youngone source|date=December 2011primary sources|date=December 2011 Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin (Abdul Aziz) (October 7, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey & mdash;March 30, 1978 in New York City ) was an United States of America|American jazz organist and occasional pianist. Young pioneered a musical mode|modal approach to the Hammond B-3 (in contrast to Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith 's soul-jazz style). However, he did play soul-jazz also, among other styles.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p7868/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography
Biography
Young played with various Rhythm and blues|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 Records|Prestige from 1960, Young made a number of soul-jazz discs, Testifying , Young Blues and Groove Street . When Young went to Blue Note in 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane . In this period, he produced his most enduring work. He recorded many times as part of a trio with guitarist Grant Green and drummer Elvin Jones , occasionally augmented by additional players; most of this sequence of albums was released under Green's name, though Into Somethin ' (with Sam Rivers on saxophone) became Young's Blue Note debut. Unity (Larry Young)|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 '60s avant-garde and utilised local musicians from Young's hometown of Newark. Young then became a part of some of the earliest jazz fusion|fusion experiments: first in Lifetime, Emergency& #33; with Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams and John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin and also on Miles Davis 's Bitches Brew . His sound with Lifetime was made distinct by his often very percussive approach and often heavy use of guitar and synthesizer-like effects. He is also known to rock fans for a jam he recorded with Jimi Hendrix , which was released after Hendrix's death on the album Nine to the Universe .
His characteristic sound involved management of the stops on the Hammond organ, producing overtone series that caused an ethereal, drifting effect; a sound that is simultaneously lead and background.
Young died from untreated pneumonia at the age of 37.
Discography
As leader
; Prestige Records
1960: Testifying
1960: Young Blues
1962: Groove Street
; Blue Note Records
1964: '' Into Somethin'
1965: Unity (Larry Young album)|Unity
1966: Of Love and Peace
1967: Contrasts (Larry Young album)|Contrasts
1968: Heaven on Earth (Larry Young album)|Heaven on Earth
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