David Anthony Young (born January 29, 1940) is a Canadian double bassist.

Career

Young played with jazz guitarist

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in local gigs before studying music at

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and the

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in the 1960s. He played with a number of Canadian

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s in the 1970s and worked extensively in jazz with

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, Gene DiNovi,

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, Oliver Jones, and

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. He was honoured as a Young Member of the Order of Canada in 2006. He has the technique of performing bowed solos like

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. Young has been nominated for nine Juno Awards, winning the

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Best Mainstream Jazz Album for ''Fables and Dreams'' with the Phil Dwyer Quartet.

Awards and nominations

*''Au Privave'' -

& Dave Young – Best Jazz Album (nominated, 1982) *'' Fables and Dreams'' – Dave Young / Phil Dwyer Quartet – Best Mainstream Jazz Album (winner, 1984) *'' Live at Bourbon St.'' –

with Dave Young – Best Mainstream Jazz Album (nominated, 1997) *''Two By Two, Piano Bass Duets, Vol. II'' – Dave Young – Best Mainstream Jazz Album (nominated, 1997) *''Inner Urge'' – Dave Young Trio – Best Mainstream Jazz Album (nominated, 1999) *''Mainly Mingus'' – Dave Young Quintet – Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (nominated, 2006) *''Aspects of Oscar'' – Dave Young Quintet – Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (nominated, 2012) *''Volume One'' – Dave Young/Terry Promane Octet – Traditional Jazz Album of the Year (nominated, 2013) *''One Way Up'' – Dave Young Quintet – Jazz Album of the Year: Group (nominated, 2017)

References

1940 births Living people Canadian jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists Classical double-bassists Musicians from Winnipeg 20th-century Canadian double-bassists 21st-century Canadian double-bassists Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year winners 20th-century Canadian male musicians 21st-century Canadian male musicians Canadian male jazz musicians Berklee College of Music alumni Canadian expatriates in the United States {{Canada-classical-musician-stub