David Young

[LouisF]

L.A. area bassists might like to know about David's recital 3/10 at the Colburn School. David is, among other things, principal bass of the LA opera orchestra.

Louis

[mapleleaf4evr]

For a minute I thought this thread was about Dave Young from Toronto...........WTH, let's make it about him.
Dave's one of my absolute favorite bassists on either side of the 49th parallel. Who else out there thinks so?

[Roger Mouton]

Yes, me too. I saw him at Monterey with Oscar Peterson several years ago. I like him mostly from the piano/bass duo CDs he made with all those fine players. The other stuff I acquired I do not like much because of how it was recorded....way too much "cymbal" and other high frequency stuff, lots of ringing. I don't EQ it out. I tried it briefly with seemingly marginal success. I assumed it was a Canadian recording style. I keep thinking "Can't they hear that"?

[Damon Rondeau]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4evr

For a minute I thought this thread was about Dave Young from Toronto...........WTH, let's make it about him.
Dave's one of my absolute favorite bassists on either side of the 49th parallel. Who else out there thinks so?

I'm with ya on that one.

I met him a couple of years ago. A guy I played music with grew up with him here in Winnipeg. We were rehearsing down in my friend's basement. I was doing a home reno project at the time that had me digging a large hole over about a two week period. My hands and body were a wreck. Practising and playing were on hold. The leader had brought in some gnarly charts for tunes I'd never heard before. Whilst hammering my way through one of them and mashing it all up, there's a knock on the door. My pal says, "oh that's my friend Dave, keep playing." I keep sweating and hammering and mashing. I look up. Dave Young....

[Rob Hunter]

I studied with Dave for a week each summer (2003-2005). He seems completely absent of ego, which I find amazing. I mean, to have accomplished as much as he has and to play as well as he does, well, I just never expected someone so down to earth and approachable. He's a helluva guy….

[Jeff Schwartz]

I've studied with the LA David Young for the last couple of years; I recommend him very highly.

Besides being a performance of interesting pieces by a great player, David's recital should be of interest to LA-area bass geeks because he uses a lot of Rabbath-isms with a very full and powerful tone (one of the regular TB critiques of Rabbath is that his approach is ideal for playing his music with his sound and setup but questionable for other applications).

So, maybe that flame-bait will get this thread back on track (though I do love the Canadian Dave Young's CD with Lenny Breau...).

[mattfong]

I may be meeting the Toronto Dave Young tomorrow, as I have a U of T audition. I'm not sure if he or Jim Vivian adjudicate the bass auditions though. I would think they do, we'll see.