Austin Young (bassist)
Austin "Boots" Young (* 1890 ; † unknown) was an American jazz musician ( double bass , also trombone ).
Austin Young was a cousin of tenor saxophonist Lester Young ; his father William, a cooper and farmer, was the older brother of Lester's father, Willis Young . He first learned to play the guitar and mandolin before switching to the double bass around 1909. His first professional job as a musician was with the Imperial Orchestra in Napoleonville , which was directed by John Nelson. He then played with Earl Foster and Sidney Desvigne in New Orleans . During the First World War he served as a baritone horn player in a battalion band. After his discharge from the army, he first toured Louisiana and Texas before playing with his younger brother William "Sport" Young, a saxophonist in his uncle Willis' band around 1920. After his return to New Orleans and further tours, he worked in the Milwaukee area in 1929 in the Pettiford family band. In 1931 he returned to New Orleans for good; Recordings were made in the 1940s with Bunk Johnson (1942), Wooden Joe Nicholas (1945), Raymond Burke (1949), Ann Cook (1949) and Louis Nelson Delisle (1949).
He is not to be confused with singer Austin “Skin” Young, who worked for Paul Whiteman .
literature
- Douglas Henry Daniels: Lester Leaps in: The Life and Times of Lester "Pres" Young , Boston, Beacon Press 1990
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Young, Austin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Young, Boots (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1890 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |