HONORED to Present
HORACE ALEXANDER YOUNG
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HORACE ALEXANDER YOUNG - SAXOPHONE Bert Dalton - Piano Paul Brown - Bass John Trentacosta - Drums FEBRUARY 24th - FRIDAY MUSEUM HILL CAFE Doors - 6:00pm / Concert - 7:00pm TIX: $25.00 / $20.00 SFMC members RESERVATIONS: 505-983-6820 |
Horace Alexander Young, a jazz musician and educator, is a native of Houston, Texas. He started taking music lessons at the age of eight, initially on the piano but he subsequently took up the flute, saxophone and clarinet. Young is an adept musician with various skills, including as a keyboardist, arranger, musical director, percussionist, producer, songwriter, woodwind instrumentalist, vocalist, author, and music journalist. He previously taught woodwinds and flute at Texas Southern University. In February 2015, Young became the Chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD). In addition to his time spent at Texas Southern, Young has also taught on the faculty of Washington State University, Rutgers University, California State University at Sonoma (Sonoma State), the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, and The Shepard School of Music at Rice University.
Acoustic Contemporary Jazz, Young's first solo album, was released on the Pacific Coast jazz label in 2008 to rave reviews. Over the course of his career, Young has performed in 19 countries and across five of the seven continents. He has also recorded and performed alongside a wide range of performers including David Ruffin, The Manhattans, The Temptations, Tavares, The Four Tops, Anita Baker, B.B. King, Betty Carter, Bill Withers, Dave Liebman, Rev. E. Stewart and The Stewart Singers, Gerald Alston, Jonathan Butler, Johnny Kemp, Joe Sample, McCoy Tyner, Milt Hinton, Mista Madd, Nancy Wilson, The Ojays, Rev. Paul Jones, Regina Belle, Roberta Flack, Sam "Lightnin′" Hopkins, The Chi-Lites, Scarface, The Spinners, the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Dennis Edwards, Lucy Arnaz and Yvonne Roome.
In addition to performing and recording with artists all over the world, he authored the book Improvising Jazz Flute (1990, G. Schirmer Publishers) and has bylined articles in journals such as Flute Talk, American Music Teacher, Flute Focus and Gig Magazine.
Acoustic Contemporary Jazz, Young's first solo album, was released on the Pacific Coast jazz label in 2008 to rave reviews. Over the course of his career, Young has performed in 19 countries and across five of the seven continents. He has also recorded and performed alongside a wide range of performers including David Ruffin, The Manhattans, The Temptations, Tavares, The Four Tops, Anita Baker, B.B. King, Betty Carter, Bill Withers, Dave Liebman, Rev. E. Stewart and The Stewart Singers, Gerald Alston, Jonathan Butler, Johnny Kemp, Joe Sample, McCoy Tyner, Milt Hinton, Mista Madd, Nancy Wilson, The Ojays, Rev. Paul Jones, Regina Belle, Roberta Flack, Sam "Lightnin′" Hopkins, The Chi-Lites, Scarface, The Spinners, the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Dennis Edwards, Lucy Arnaz and Yvonne Roome.
In addition to performing and recording with artists all over the world, he authored the book Improvising Jazz Flute (1990, G. Schirmer Publishers) and has bylined articles in journals such as Flute Talk, American Music Teacher, Flute Focus and Gig Magazine.
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