In this edition of A Conversation In Jazz we talk to the great saxophonist, educator, Howard University Professor of Saxophone and Instrumental Jazz Studies, and the conductor and Artistic Director of both the Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Mr. Charlie Young.
Charlie Young is a native of Norfolk, Virginia. Presently residing in Washington, DC area, he is Coordinator of Instrumental Jazz Studies, and Professor of Saxophone at Howard University.
Young has had a rich career performing and recording with various ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra, the US Navy Band, the Count Basie Orchestra, and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. He is published on over 35 CD recordings, including his own release "So Long Ago."
Mr. Young has shared the concert stage with artist ranging from Clark Terry, and Ella Fitzgerald to Stevie Wonder, and Quincy Jones. Performance venues have ranged from London's Royal Albert Hall to New York's Carnegie Hall.
Charlie Young has been a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra for over 35 years where he presently serves as Artistic Director/Conductor, and lead saxophonist. Young joined the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in 1995 and has served as the ensemble's principal saxophonist for over 15 years. In 2013, he was appointed Artistic Director, and Conductor.
Mr. Young is a recognized clinician in the field of music education as well as classical, and jazz saxophone performance.
Clinic presentations in Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Singapore, and throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan has earned Charlie Young a stellar reputation among the most respected in saxophone performance and education.
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