Dave Young Quintet- Dave's Last Waltz Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Ken Prue presents: Dave Young Quintet- Dave's Last Waltz

Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 3:00 pm

Concert Hall at Victoria Hall

DAVID YOUNG (double bassist) was born in Winnipeg in 1940. He began studying guitar and violin when he was 10 years old, but a turn of events at his first gig (a university dance band) compelled him to pick up the bass. Educated as both a jazz and a classical player, Young’s elegant performances with the late guitarist Lenny Breau are legendary. He was a member of the Lenny Breau Quartet from 1961 to 1966. Dave Young’s professional relationship with jazz giant Oscar Peterson spanned three decades during which he played in the Oscar Peterson Trio in appearances all over the world up until Peterson’s death. As a classical artist, Dave was the principal Double Bassist with the Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras as well as the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. As a jazz artist, he has collaborated with the genre’s brightest luminaries including Oscar Peterson, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Joe Williams, Oliver Jones. I have presented Dave in numerous jazz configurations at the Cobourg LOFT between 2015 and 2021 and to the Concert Hall at Victoria Hall since then. A highlight for me was his "Two Bass Hit" performed at The LOFT with symphonic bassist Joel Quarrington. One of Dave's most loved musical combinations is his own Quintet, rooted in the be-bop tradition, and focusing on material of Horace Silver, Charles Mingus and in today's concert on the music of Duke Ellington. Dave's Quintet plays a 4 night residency Oct 16, 17, 18,19 at Toronto's Rex Jazz and Blues Bar and "Dave Young: Generations" is a monthly series held on first Tuesdays at Toronto's Jazz Bistro where Dave chooses a band of young players in order to “pass the torch” in Toronto’s jazz scene. The Cobourg Jan 5 Quintet at the Concert Hall at Victoria Hall features Dave Young, bass, Kevin Turcotte, trumpet, Brian Dickinson, piano, John Johnson, sax and Davide DiRenzo, drums.

Tickets are $39 plus hst and service fee and available at the Concert Hall Box Office: 855-372-2210