Larry Young

Hammond B-3 organ (also piano) · 1940–1978 · Newark

Organist from Newark trained in soul jazz, he pushed the organ toward modal jazz under Coltrane's influence. He then joined the first fusion groups, including Tony Williams's Lifetime and the Bitches Brew sessions.

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Styles

• Soul jazz, boogaloo
• Modal
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• The Moontrane (1966)

Sources

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