George Young (saxophonist)
George Ernest Young is an American jazz saxophonist.
After leading his own band in the late 1950s, Young became a New York City session and studio musician in the 1960s and joined several line-ups including Mike Mainieri's jazz-rock big band White Elephant Orchestra, as well as later joining the Saturday Night Live Band.
In 1982, along with fellow saxophonists Dave Sanborn, Ronnie Cuber, Young was voted one of the Most Valued Players by the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences' annual awards edition.
Young has led his own quartets featuring Harold Danko, Rick Laird and Butch Miles and another quartet, featuring Warren Bernhardt, Tony Marino and Tom Whaley.Discography
As leader
