180 Gram Gatefold LP
THE COMPLETE LP + 2 BONUS TRACKS
Newark-born organist Larry Young (October 7, 1940 - March 30, 1978) pioneered a modal approach to the Hammond B-3 (in contrast to Jimmy Smith’s soul jazz style). 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 (presented here) and Groove Street. When Young signed with Blue Note around 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane. Young then became a part of some of the earliest fusion groups: first on Emergency! with the Tony Williams Lifetime (with Tony Williams and John McLaughlin) and also on Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew. Young Blues was Young’s second album as a leader.
Side A:
1 YOUNG BLUES (Larry Young) 6:28
2 A MIDNIGHT ANGEL (Morris Bailey) 2:24
3 AFRICAN BLUES (Esmond Edwards-Wendell Marshall) 4:55
4 LITTLE WHITE LIES (Walter Donaldson) 4:15
5 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM (Sigmund Romberg-Oscar Hammerstein II) 5:18*
Side B:
1 MINOR DREAM (Ray Draper) 5:03
2 SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BLUE(Esmond Edwards-John Paul Jones) 7:25
3 NICA’S DREAM (Horace Silver) 6:39
4 FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) 5:07*
LARRY YOUNG, Hammond organ
THORNEL SCHWARTZ, guitar
WENDELL MARSHALL, bass
JIMMIE SMITH, drums
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, September 30, 1960.
Newark-born organist Larry Young (October 7, 1940 - March 30, 1978) pioneered a modal approach to the Hammond B-3 (in contrast to Jimmy Smith’s soul jazz style). 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 (presented here) and Groove Street. When Young signed with Blue Note around 1964, his music began to show the marked influence of John Coltrane. Young then became a part of some of the earliest fusion groups: first on Emergency! with the Tony Williams Lifetime (with Tony Williams and John McLaughlin) and also on Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew. Young Blues was Young’s second album as a leader.
Side A:
1 YOUNG BLUES (Larry Young) 6:28
2 A MIDNIGHT ANGEL (Morris Bailey) 2:24
3 AFRICAN BLUES (Esmond Edwards-Wendell Marshall) 4:55
4 LITTLE WHITE LIES (Walter Donaldson) 4:15
5 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM (Sigmund Romberg-Oscar Hammerstein II) 5:18*
Side B:
1 MINOR DREAM (Ray Draper) 5:03
2 SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BLUE(Esmond Edwards-John Paul Jones) 7:25
3 NICA’S DREAM (Horace Silver) 6:39
4 FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) 5:07*
LARRY YOUNG, Hammond organ
THORNEL SCHWARTZ, guitar
WENDELL MARSHALL, bass
JIMMIE SMITH, drums
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, September 30, 1960.
