Larry Young

The two great organ traditions of jazz -- Jimmy Smith and Sun Ra -- intersect in the music of
Larry Young, who has been heard in the Tony Williams Lifetime, on John McLaughlin's
Devotion, and on the recent Santana/Mahavishnu collaboration. Larry's control of texture
and shading on the often-tedious electric organ is astounding; he draws a seemingly
unlimited range of colors and effects out of his keyboard without resorting to pr... More >