Eldee Young

George Freeman: Everybody Say Yeah!

by Mark Corroto
May 8, 2022

It took a long time (much too long) for listeners to recognize the brilliance that was Chicago saxophonist Fred Anderson. The New York-centric jazz cognoscenti have often overlooked talent that comes from Chicago, and artists were often drawn to The Big Apple to seek the recognition they deserved. Beginning in the '90s, though, the focal point of creative music shifted to Chicago and veteran musicians such as Von Freeman, Fred Anderson, and Harrison Bankhead, plus (then) younger talents, Ken Vandermark, ...

The Ramsey Lewis Trio: The Sound Of Christmas

by David Rickert
November 25, 2004

Those who purchase a Christmas album are mainly looking for festive music suitable for decorating the tree or baking cookies and not an introspective, challenging listening experience. Thus an artist who records such a record must take into account what the audience wants to hear and not his own musical aspirations, which may be why Mingus and Miles never recorded one. Ramsey Lewis, however, is the perfect guy for such a task, since he always approached playing jazz from the ...

Bassist Eldee Young Passes Away

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2007

Bassist Eldee Young, best known for his ten year stint in the '50s and '60s with the (pianist) Ramsey Lewis Trio, died of a heart attack on February 12, 2007, in Bangkok.

Last May I found myself in Saigon, and was both surprised and delighted to learn that the Eldee Young trio was playing in town. The gig was in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, a far cry perhaps from Carnegie Hall, and the Montreux or Newport Jazz Festivals, ...
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