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JACOB YOUNGJacob Young is a guitarist, bandleader, improviser and jazz composer whose sensibilities have been shaped both by the history of the music as it has unfolded in the North and by his deep knowledge of the American jazz tradition. At the age of 12 he took up the guitar and was, initially, self-taught on the instrument. After studying music at the University of Oslo, he received a scholarship to the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in Manhattan. His years there “were devoted to learning the standard jazz repertoire as a starting point for a broader understanding of improvised harmonic music.” Young’s principal teacher was the great guitarist Jim Hall (Jacob’s warm, glowing, rounded tone acknowledges the influence ), with whom he studied both privately and in ensemble settings. He also took lessons with John Abercrombie (who later praised his “great playing in and out of the tradition”) and studied jazz composition. In 1995 he moved to Norway and released his debut album “This is you”. |
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Homepage Page at Musiconline.no |
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Guitarist Jacob Youngs debut album |
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This is an album that reveals influences by «guitar-jazz traditions», and presents Jacob Young as a band leader, improvisor and composer. This is Jacob Young and his debut-recording.Recorded in Rainbow Studios Oslo, 1994Soundengineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug and Erik AvnskogProduced by Bendik Hofseth |
NORCD RELEASES WITH JACOB YOUNG
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| THIS IS YOU (1995) |
