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R.I.P Dave Young

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:38 pm
by pierem
All About Jazz announced the death of the saxophonist Dave Young, who played in George Russell Sextet and in his Orchestra on albums like Jazz in the Space Age and Stratusphunk. Sad news.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=29733

http://www2.indystar.com/cgi-bin/obitua ... &id=100963

:cry:

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:36 pm
by bobappleton
Thanks for this pierem.

Bob

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:45 am
by sandywilliams
I played several gigs with him. They were all big band gigs with him playing in the section. He was a sweet ,quiet person. The last gig I did with him I ask him to sign the picture of him with Wes, and David Baker. He got a chuckle out of that.
To be honest, even though I learned most of what I know about jazz history from reading liner notes, I only recently realized that this was indeed the fellow who played with GR. I knew about his association with Wes.
I'd love to find a copy of the record he did under his own name. He'll be missed greatly.