HORACE ALEXANDER YOUNG

Horace Alexander Young has distinguished himself as a freelance musician, arranger and composer. He has experiences in all three disciplines and been on international tours, recordings and performed with Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins, BB King, Bill Withers, Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand), Freddy Fender, Toots Thielemans, Regina Belle, Arnett Cobb, Jonathan Butler, Youssou N' Dour, The Manhattans, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, The Chi-Lites, Dwight Sills, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Nancy Wilson, Marvin Stamm, Norman Brown, Mark Ledford and countless others. Having performed in nineteen countries across five continents his sax and flute have thrilled audiences at major jazz festivals in Montreaux, Hamburg, Leipzig, London, Paris, The Hague, Berlin, New York, New Orleans, Tokyo, Houston, Seattle, Laverkusen and Glasgow.

Horace, has released a twelve (12) track CD entitled, “Acoustic Contemporary Jazz.” In addition to Young’s performances on various saxophones and flutes, the recording features contributions from a stellar list of guest performers which includes – platinum selling recording artist Johnny Kemp, trombonist Andre Hayward (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), guitarist Dwight Sills, pianist and arranger Onaje Allan Gumbs and Brent Carter (former lead singer with Tower of Power). This project also features new versions of two well established recordings - a heartfelt remake of Luther Vandross’ timeless classic, “Dance With My Father” and “Joan-Capetown Flower,” from the pen of the legendary South African composer-pianist, Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand). The remaining tracks on this recording were written by either Young or by Co-Producer Travis Milner. Pacific Coast Jazz is proud to re-introduce this 2006 release, to be followed in 2009 with a new release currently in the works. We're proud to have Horace as part of the PCJ family. Read more about Horace at his website.

Acoustic Contemporary Jazz will soon be available in a fine retail record store near you.

Sample "Joan-Capetown Flower" here

You can purchase here soon - street date May 13, 2008

View Horace 's website here

View the "Acoustic Contemporary Jazz" one sheet here

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