Larry Young Catalog

1960 (age 20)

The Larry Young Trio - Testifying   New Jazz NJLP 8249   1960

Joe Holiday, tenor sax #2,6; Larry Young Jr., organ; Thornel Schwartz, guitar; Jimmie Smith, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 2, 1960

1. 2374Wee Dot
2. 2375Exercise For Chihuahuas
3. 2376Testifying
4. 2377When I Grow Too Old To Dream
5. 2378Some Thorny Blues
6. 2379Flamingo
7. 2380Falling In Love With Love

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1793-2 in 1992.

Larry Young - Young Blues   New Jazz NJLP 8264   1962

Larry Young Jr., Hammond organ; Thornel Schwartz, guitar; Wendell Marshall, bass; Jimmy Smith, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 30, 1960

2521African Blues
2522Little White Lies
2523Nica's Dream
2524Minor Dream
2525Something New, Something Blue
2526Young Blues
2527A Midnight Angel

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1831-2 in 1994.

1962

Larry Young - Groove Street   Prestige PRLP 7237   1962

Bill Leslie, tenor sax; Larry Young Jr., organ; Thornel Schwartz, guitar; Jimmy Smith, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 27, 1962

3417Talkin' 'Bout J.C.
3419Gettin' Into It
3420I Found A New Baby
3421Sweet Lorraine
3422Groove Street

** also released on Prestige PRST 7237 in 1962; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1853-2 in 1994.

1963

Booker Ervin, Pony Poindexter, Larry Young - Gumbo!   Prestige PRCD-24229-2   1999

Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Larry Young, organ; Jerry Thomas, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 28, 1963

3755Absotively Posalutely
3756You Don't Know What Love Is
3757Autumn Leaves
3758Old Folks
You Don't Know What Love Is (alternate)

** same as Pony Poindexter With Booker Ervin - Gumbo!, Prestige PR 16001 in 1963 + 8 bonus tracks.

1964

Larry Young - Into Somethin'   Blue Note BLP 4187   1965

Sam Rivers, tenor sax #1-4; Larry Young, organ; Grant Green, guitar; Elvin Jones, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 12, 1964

1. 1464 tk.3Plaza De Toros
2. 1465 tk.5Tyrone
3. 1466 tk.9Backup
4. 1467 tk.10Paris Eyes
5. 1468 tk.23Ritha

** also released on Blue Note BST 84187 in 1965, CDP 7243 8 21734 2 7 in 1998.

Larry Young - Into Somethin'   Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21734 2 7   1998

Sam Rivers, tenor sax; Larry Young, organ; Grant Green, guitar; Elvin Jones, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 12, 1964

tk.20Ritha (quartet version)

** originally released on Blue Note BLP 4187 in 1965 + 1 bonus track.

Larry Young - In Paris: The ORTF Recordings   Resonance Records HCD-2022   2016

Sonny Grey, Woody Shaw, trumpet; Nathan Davis, Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, tenor sax; Jack Dieval, piano; Larry Young, organ; Franco Manzecchi, drums; Jacky Bamboo, congas.

ORTF Studios, Paris, France, before December 8, 1964

Talkin' About J.C.

Larry Young, organ; Franco Manzecchi, drums; Jacky Bamboo, congas.

Mean To Me

Sonny Grey, Woody Shaw, trumpet; Nathan Davis, Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, tenor sax; Jack Dieval, piano; Larry Young, organ; Franco Manzecchi, drums; Jacky Bamboo, congas.

La Valse Grise

same session.

Discotheque

Larry Young, organ; Franco Manzecchi, drums; Jacky Bamboo, congas.

Luny Tune

Woody Shaw, trumpet; Nathan Davis, tenor sax; Larry Young, organ; Billy Brooks, drums.

ORTF Studios, Paris, France, before January 22, 1965

Trane Of Thought

same session.

Beyond All Limits

Larry Young, piano; Jacques B. Hess, bass; Franco Manzecchi, drums.

ORTF Studios, Paris, France, before January 29, 1965

Larry's Blues

Woody Shaw, trumpet; Nathan Davis, tenor sax; Larry Young, organ; Billy Brooks, drums.

live at the annual gathering of L'Academie Du Jazz, La Locomotive, Paris, France, February 9, 1965

Black Nile

same session.

Zoltan

** originally released on Resonance Records HLP-9022 in 2016.

1965

Larry Young - Unity   Blue Note BLP 4221   1966

Woody Shaw, trumpet #1,2,4-6; Joe Henderson, tenor sax #1,2,4-6; Larry Young, organ; Elvin Jones, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 10, 1965

1. 1676 tk.5If
2. 1677 tk.17Beyond All Limits
3. 1678 tk.18Monk's Dream
4. 1679 tk.21The Moontrane
5. 1680 tk.22Zoltan
6. 1681 tk.25Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

** also released on Blue Note BST 84221 in 1966, CDP 7 84221 2 in 1987.

1966

Larry Young - Of Love And Peace   Blue Note BLP 4242   1967

Eddie Gale, trumpet; James Spaulding, alto sax, flute; Herbert Morgan, tenor sax; Larry Young, organ; Wilson Moorman III, Jerry Thomas, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 28, 1966

1776 tk.2Pavanne
1777 tk.4Of Love And Peace
1778 tk.8Seven Steps To Heaven
1779 tk.10Falaq

** also released on Blue Note BST 84242 in 1967.

1967

Larry Young - Contrasts   Blue Note BST 84266   1967

Hank White, flugelhorn #1-3,5; Herbert Morgan, Tyrone Washington, tenor sax #1-3,5; Larry Young, organ; Eddie Wright, guitar #2,6; Eddie Gladden, drums; Stacey Edwards, congas #1-3,6; Althea Young, vocal #6.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 18, 1967

1. 1945 tk.4Evening
2. 1946 tk.6Majestic Soul
3. 1947 tk.7Means Happiness
4. 1949 tk.11Major Affair
5. 1948 tk.17Tender Feelings
6. 1950 tk.21Wild Is The Wind

1968

Larry Young - Heaven On Earth   Blue Note BST 84304   1968

Byard Lancaster, alto sax, flute #1,2,4-6; Herbert Morgan, tenor sax #1,2,4,5; Larry Young, organ; George Benson, guitar #1,2,4-6; Eddie Gladden, drums; Althea Young, vocal #6.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 9, 1968

1. 2037 tk.1Call Me
2. 2038 tk.3The Infant
3. 2039 tk.6The Cradle
4. 2040 tk.10Heaven On Earth
5. 2041 tk.11The Hereafter
6. 2042 tk.12My Funny Valentine

1969

Larry Young - Mother Ship   Blue Note LT-1038   1980

Lee Morgan, trumpet; Herbert Mogan, tenor sax; Larry Young, organ; Eddie Gladden, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 7, 1969

553 tk.2Visions
554 tk.6Love Drops
555 tk.8Trip Merchant
556 tk.12Mother Ship
557 tk.13Street Scene

1973 (age 33)

Larry Young - Lawrence Of Newark   Perception Records PLP 34   1973

Charles Magee, trumpet; Dennis Mourouse, sax; Diedre Johnson, cello; Larry Young, organ, bongos, vocal; Cedric Lawson, electric piano; James Blood Ulmer, guitar; Juni Booth, Don Pate, bass; James Flores, Howard King, Abdul Shahid, drums; Art Gore, drums, electric piano; Stacey Edwards, Umar Abdul Muizz, congas; Abdoul Hakim, bongos; Poppy La Boy, Armen Halburian, Jumma Santos, percussion.

Blue Rock Studio, NYC, 1973

Saudia
Alive
Hello Your Quietness (Islands)
Sunshine Fly Away
Khalid Of Space, Part Two (Welcome)

1975

Larry Young's Fuel   Arista AL 4051   1975

Larry Young, synthesizer, organ, electric piano, piano #1-6, synthesizer, organ, electric piano, piano, vocal #7; Santiago (Sandy) Torano, guitar; Fernando Saunders, bass guitar; Rob Gottfried, congas, Korean gong, Yucatan wind chimes; Linda "Tequila" Logan, vocal #1,3,6.

NYC, 1975

1.Fuel For The Fire
2.I Ching (Book Of Changes)
3.Turn Off The Lights
4.Floating
5.H + J = B (Hustle + Jam = Bread)
6.People Do Be Funny
7.New York Electric Street Music

1976

Larry Young's Fuel - Spaceball   Arista AL 4072   1976

Al Lockett, tenor, soprano sax, flute, vocal; Julius Brockington, Clavinet, piano, synthesizer; Larry Young, synthesizer, organ, electric piano, piano; Larry Coryell, Ray Gomez, Danny Toan, guitar; Dave Eubanks, bass guitar; Jim Allington, drums, percussion, percussion; Clifford Brown, Farouk, Abdoul Hakim, Barrett Young, percussion; Paula West, vocal.

Dick Charles Studios, NYC, 1976

Moonwalk
Startripper
Sticky Wicket
Flytime
Spaceball
Message From Mars
I'm Aware Of You

1977

Larry Young - The Magician   Acanta (G) CC 29.383   1977

Ray Carter, trumpet; Al Lockett, tenor, soprano sax, flute; Larry Young, synthesizer, organ, electric piano, piano, vocal; Nauj Maciel, Gene Patricella, guitar; David Eubanks, bass guitar; Jim Allington, drums; Clifford Brown, Abdoul Hakim, Barrett Young, percussion; Brian MacDonald, percussion, guitar, vocal; Debbie Ford, vocal.

Generation Sound Studios, NYC, 1977

Space Soldier
Peace Talk
Love Drops
Top Of The World
The Magician
Help Is On The Way

** also released on Bellaphon (D) 29-383.