photo by Jonathan Holloway
RED YOUNG & FRIENDS
The hard-driving, genuine Hammond B3 organ based group helmed by Red
Young. Transporting Soul Jazz, Funk and Rhythm & Blues and Straight
Ahead Jazz sounds from time past into new music in our modern day lifestyle.
The well-respected talents of popular former Los Angeles and current Austin
resident Red Young on the organ, bass (played the same time on the
B3) and vocals, and an ever changing group of FRIENDS - Ephraim
Owens on trumpet, Alex Coke, Sam Lippman, Roby Edwards or Shelley
Carrol on saxophones and Brannen Temple, JJ Johnson, Dave Sierra
or John Bryant on drums are all centered around a wailing vintage, 350-pound,
Hammond B3 organ that Red has been playing since 1971.
The tunes stroll back to the time of early Hammond masters Jimmy Smith,
Richard "Groove" Holmes, Charles Earland, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff
and Larry Young and continue on to Barry White, Isaac Hayes, Bill
Withers, The Crusaders, Maceo Parker and War and include some of Red's
original compositions, grooves and improvisations that are guaranteed
to get any room moving.
In the early 1970's when Red Young lived and played the organ music he loved
in New England and New York he was often the only white musician in the
bunch. With a mane of red hair and a lot of soul, he naturally acquired
the nickname BROTHER RED.
THE QUARTET is much different than Young's arranged-precise machine
Red and the Red Hots
structure they are known for.
RED played around the Southern California music circuit for a number
years and had a lot of great shows under his belt already from nightclubs,
dances to New Year's Eve at Disneyland sidelining with his Red And The
Red Hots. His BROTHER RED CD is available on the web site or
through CD BABY.
His second album "The Organizer" is available at stores
everywhere or online from BLUES LEAF
RECORDS. Red is working on a new album with his current Austin lineup.
For two years 2003-2005 Red was involved in and performed every Wednesday
night at DJANGO ON THE PARKWAY
in Dallas. From 2006 Red has been touring world wide with former musical
colleage ERIC BURDON and the ANIMALS.
Regular engagements are at THE
ELEPHANT ROOM in Austin, , SCAT
JAZZ LOUNGE in Ft Worth and CARMEN'S
DE LE CALLE in San Antonio.
RED YOUNG - Hammond B3 organ, Vocal
Originally from Ft Worth, Texas, Red lived in Los Angeles from 1977-2002
Founder of nationally acclaimed modern swing band, Red and the Red Hots
(RRH) in 1985. Red has performed on over 1500 shows with his band plus wrote,
arranged, recorded and produced their 4 albums. Red was called by Joey
Altruda to do his Cocktails With Joey album and members of Royal
Crown Revue to do a straight ahead jazz side project for a number of
performances in LA with The Jazz Jury both projects of which
inticed Red to start performing again on the Hammond organ.
An impressive list of TV, movie and album credits includes; TV Shows; "The
Donny & Marie Show" and "Everybody Loves Raymond". "Simon
& Simon", "Night Rider". Recordings and Tours with; Linda
Ronstadt & Nelson Riddle, Sonny & Cher, Joan Armatrading, Dolly
Parton, Tanya Tucker, Freddy Fender, Eric Burdon, Juice Newton and
Royal Crown Revue. Red also arranged the orchestral charts and performed
at the sold out shows with The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted
by John Mauceri and performed with Royal Crown Revue.
Red has been called upon to record his B3 Hammond Organ on a number of recordings
including; Joey Altuda (Cocktails With Joey/Kingston Cocktails/Jump
With Joey), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Americana
Deluxe), Royal Crown Revue (Walk On Fire), The Blue Hawaiians,
Johnny Reno, Belinda Carlisle, Plas Johnson, Big Jay McNeely, Marcia
Ball and his own Red and The Red Hots to name a few.