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Chicago Jazz Legend John Young
Chicago Jazz Legend John Young
Date Posted: April 22 2008
Written By: Howard Reich - Chicago Tribune
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Chicago jazz pianist John Young never attained the global fame of Ramsey Lewis or Ahmad Jamal—slightly younger musicians who also launched their keyboard careers in this city.
But Mr. Young achieved an impressive résumé, collaborating with Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons and practically everyone else who mattered in mid-20th Century jazz.
In a career that spanned more than six decades, Mr. Young in the 1940s crisscrossed the country with a vastly popular big band—Andy Kirk's and His Clouds of Joy—and subsequently became a revered figure in Chicago jazz.
Mr. Young, 86, died Wednesday, April 16, of multiple myeloma at South Shore Hospital.
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