The Brass Connection Jazz In The Classroom Joe Sealy Trio Buddy Tate Quartet Oliver Jones Trio Dave Young Trio Phil Nimmons Quartet The Art Ellefson Trio Bill King Quintet Joe Sealy & Friends Pete Magadini Quartet The Gene DiNovi Trio The Canadian All Stars Peter Appleyard Quartet Charles Mountford Trio Dave Young Quintet Gene Dinovi’s Generations Trio Dave Young Quartet The Burns Musical Society Dave Young Phil Dwyer Quartet Corry Sobol Sextet
ex Kenny Wheeler Quintet, Dave Turner Quartet
ex Kenny Wheeler Quintet, Dave Turner Quartet
Canadian jazz double bassist. Plays also in classical orchestras.
See also fellow double bass player David Young.
Born: January 29, 1940 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Dave worked with : Moe Koffman, Hardy Hagood, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, Lenny Breau, Oliver Jones, Zoot Sims, Nat Adderley, Clark Terry and others. Dave Young was the bassist on many Oscar Peterson recordings after replacing Niels Pedersen.
ALBUMS
Dave Young
Lotus Blossom
2019, CD, Album, Modica Music Ltd., 
,
, Bop/Bossa Nova/Hard Bop
Dave Young (3) / Terry Promane
Octet Vol. 2
2017, CD, Album, Sle, Modica Music Ltd., ,
, Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop
Herbie Steward*, Gene Dinovi, Dave Young (3), Yukio Kimura
One Morning In May
2008, LP, Ltd, Num, Pic, Red, Marshmallow Export
Dave Young (3) / Phil Dwyer / Michel Lambert
We Three
2001, CD, Album, Toronto Sound (2)
James Campbell (6), Gene DiNovi, Dave Young
Manhattan Echoes
2000, CD, Album, Marquis, Marquis
Jack van Poll, Dave Young (3), Lulu Gontsana
We Three
1999, CD, Album, October Jazz Records
Dave Young (3), Oscar Peterson, Kenny Barron, Tommy Flanagan, John Hicks, Cyrus Chestnut, Oliver Jones (6), Renee Rosnes, Mulgrew Miller, Ellis Marsalis, Barry Harris (2), Cedar Walton
Piano-Bass Duets, The Complete Sessions
1997, 3xCD, Comp, Justin Time, ,
, Bop/Post Bop/Hard Bop
Dave Young
Piano-Bass Duets : Side By Side / Volume Three
1996, CD, Album, Justin Time
James Campbell (6) With The Gene DiNovi Trio Featuring Terry Clark* And Dave Young (3), Stéphane Lemelin
After Hours
1996, CD, Album, Marquis Classics
Dave Young
Piano-Bass Duets : Two By Two / Volume Two
1996, CD, Album, Justin Time,
Dave Young
Piano-Bass Duets : Two By Two / Volume One
1995, CD, Album, Justin Time
Lenny Breau With Dave Young
Live At Bourbon St.
1995
Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Dave Young (3), Martin Drew
Live!
1990, 
,
, Bop/Swing
Johnny O'Neal, Dave Young
Soulful Swinging
1988, 
,
, Swing
Earl Van Riper Featuring Marcus Belgrave , Special Guest Dave Young
Detroit's Grand Piano Man
1987, LP, Parkwood Records
Lenny Breau & Dave Young
Quietude
1985, LP, Album, Electric Muse Records
Lenny Breau With David Young*
Legacy
1984, LP, Album, Relaxed Rabbit Records
Claude Black, J.C. Heard, George Benson (2), Dave Young
The Detroit Jazz Tradition - Alive And Well!
1984, LP, Album, Parkwood Records, ,
, Post Bop
Wray Downes And Dave Young (3) Featuring Ed Bickert
Au Privave
1979, LP, Album, Sackville Recordings, Sackville Recordings, ,
, Bop/Swing
Peter Magadini*, Don Menza, Dave Young (3), George Duke
Polyrhythm
1975
Johnny O'Neal With Dave Young (3) & Terry Clarke
Live At Baker's Keyboard Lounge
LP, Album, Parkwood Records
Hamish MacCunn, General Reid*, Alexander Mackenzie*, The Burns Musical Society, James Campbell (6), Erica Goodman, David Greenberg, Dave Young (3), Eric Robertson
Celtic Memories
CD, Marquis Classics, 
Pete Magadini, Don Menza, Wray Downes, Dave Young
Bones Blues
Dave Young Quartet
Ides Of March
2020, CD, Album, Modica Music Ltd.
Dave Young Trio
Trouble in Mind
2019, CD, Album, Modica Music Ltd.,
Dave Young Quintet
Mainly Mingus
2005, CD, Album, Justin Time, ,
, Post Bop
Dave Young Trio
Tale Of The Fingers
2000, CD, Album, Justin Time
The Gene DiNovi Trio
Live At The Montreal Bistro Toronto
1995, CD, Album, Candid,
Dave Young Phil Dwyer Quartet
Fables and Dreams
1993, CD, Album, Justin Time
The Canadian All Stars
European Concert
1992, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings, ,
, Swing/Cool Jazz
Corry Sobol Sextet
Streetcar Tracks
1991, CD, Album, Word Of Mouth (5)
Charles Mountford Trio
Good Stuff
1989, CD, Album, Unisson Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Dave Turner Quartet
For The Kindness Of Strangers
1989, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Pete Magadini Quartet
Pete Magadini Quartet Live! In Montreal
1988, LP, Album, Briko Records
Oliver Jones Trio
Cookin' At Sweet Basil
1988,
Bill King Quintet
Avenue B
1984, LP, Album, Night Passage Records
The Brass Connection
A New Look
1983, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Joe Sealy Trio
Clear Vision
1982, LP, Sackville Recordings
Joe Sealy & Friends
Live At Errol's
1981, LP, Album, Innovation Records (3),
The Brass Connection
The Brass Connection
1980,
Kenny Wheeler Quintet
Kenny Wheeler Quintet
1976, ,
, Post Bop/Fusion
Jazz In The Classroom
A Tribute To Quincy Jones Volume 6
1961
Peter Appleyard Quartet
Peter Appleyard's Quartet
CDr, Album, Rockwood Recordings,
APPEARANCES +
Don Menza & Sam Noto
Steppin'
2023, CD, Album, Fresh Sound Records, 
Bernie Senensky Featuring Eric Alexander, Kieran Overs, Joe Farnsworth
Moment To Moment
2023, CD, Album, Cellar Music (2)
Oscar Peterson
A Time For Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet - Live In Helsinki, 1987
2021, ,
, Bop/Swing
Ferguson, Tremblay, Young, Clark
Appleface
2019, CD, Not On Label
Scott Marshall (5) And The Jazztice League
Dream Logic Project
2018, CD, Album, Not On Label (Scott Marshall Self-released)
Dave Young Quintet Featuring Renee Rosnes
One Way Up
2016, CD, Album, Modica Music Ltd., ,
, Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop
Various
Oscar, With Love
2015
Ensemble Vivant
Mysterium - Music From The Labyrinth
2014, CD, Album, The Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council
SMASH Cast
Bombshell: The New Marilyn Musical From SMASH
2013, ,
, Soundtrack/Vocal
Oscar Peterson Trio*
The Stuttgart Concert
2011, DVD-V, Multichannel, Dol, in-akustik
Reg Schwager
Duets
2011, CD, Album, Jazz From Rant
Ensemble Vivant
Homage To Astor Piazzolla
2011, CD, Album, Opening Day Recordings
Oscar Peterson Trio*
Live In Germany 1988
2010, DVD-V, Mono, Col, JazzShots
Geordie McDonald
Time / After Time: A Jazz Suite
2010, 2xCD, Album, Sonavista, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Ensemble Vivant
Audience Favorites
2009, CD, Comp, Opening Day Recordings
Ensemble Vivant
Fête Français
2009, CD, Album, RE, Opening Day Recordings
Gene DiNovi's Generations Trio
Brand New Morning
2008, CD, Album, Marshmallow Export, 
Gene Dinovi's Generations Trio
The Three Optimists At The Old Mill
2007, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Phil Bodner
Clarinet Virtuosity: Once More With Feeling!
2006, CD, Album, Arbors Records
Oliver Jones
Serenade
2006, DVD-V, NTSC, Justin Time
Various
Justin Time Records Presents... The Colorful Sounds Of Summer 2005
2005, CD, Comp, Smplr, Justin Time
A.Spencer Barefield*
Soul Steppin' Through the Fabulous Ruins
2004, CD, Album, CAC/Xenogenesis
Randy Bachman
Jazz Thing
2004, ,
, Vocal
Various
Justin Time Records 20th Anniversary Compilation
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Justin Time, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Bop/Free Jazz/Swing
Various
Jazz Lounge VI: In A Saxy Mood
2003, CD, Comp, Ayia Napa, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Peter Foldy
Bondi Junction And Other Hits
2003, CD, Comp, Pacemaker Entertainment Limited,
Ellyn Rucker
Now
2003, CD, Album, Capri Records (6), ,
, Cool Jazz/Bossa Nova/Vocal/Hard Bop/Bop
陳美玲 = Patricia Chan*
Let Me Dream
2003, CD, EMI, 
,
, Bossa Nova/Easy Listening/Swing
John McDermott
Stories Of Love
2003
Various
Blue Voices (The Finest In Jazz Ballads) Vol. 2
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Fantasy, ZYX Music, ,
, Smooth Jazz
Herbie Steward*
Herbie's Here
2002, CD, Album, Promo, M & I, Marshmallow (3)
Kohnosuke Saijoh* & Herbie Steward*
Saijoh's Serenade
2001, CD, Album, M & I, Marshmallow (3)
Various
Justin Time for Christmas Three
2001, CD, Comp, Justin Time,
Oscar Peterson
Plays Duke Ellington
1999, ,
, Swing/Bop
John Sherwood
Live
1998, CD, Album, Blue Summit
Dave Young Trio With Special Guest Gary Burton
Inner Urge
1998, CD, Album, Justin Time
Maggie Carles
Canto Amo Sueño
1998, CD, Album, Forever Music (6),
Oliver Jones
Just In Time
1998, 2xCD, Album, Justin Time
Various
Jazz Montreal
1998, CD, Comp, Smplr, Justin Time
John McDermott
The Danny Boy Collection
1998, ,
, Celtic/Vocal
John McDermott
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
1997, HDCD, Album, EMI Music Canada, Angel Records, ,
, Celtic
Reg Schwager
Border Town
1997, CD, Album, Jazz From Rant
The Canadian Brass
Plays Bernstein
1997
Greg Clayton
Live At Boomers
1997,
Oscar Peterson
An Oscar Peterson Christmas
1995
John McDermott
Love Is A Voyage
1995, ,
, Ballad
Oliver Jones
Yuletide Swing
1994, CD, Album, Justin Time
Gene DiNovi
Renaissance Of A Jazz Master
1994
John McDermott
Old Friends
1994
John McDermott
Christmas Memories
1994, ,
, Ballad/Vocal/Easy Listening/Holiday
John McDermott
Battlefields Of Green
1992
John McDermott
Danny Boy
1992, ,
, Ballad
Don Menza / Pete Magadini
Live At Claudios
1991, CD, Sackville Recordings
Oscar Peterson
Time After Time
1991, ,
, Bop
Various
Anthology Of Canadian Music / Anthologie De La Musique Canadienne - Jazz
1990, 4xCD, Comp, Radio Canada International,
Oscar Peterson
Live!
1990
Oliver Jones Trio Featuring Clark Terry
Just Friends
1989
Oscar Peterson Featuring Joe Pass
The Quartet Live
1989, ,
, Bop
Dinah Washington
The Complete Dinah Washington Vol. 2 1946-1947
1988
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson
1987, ,
, Bop/Swing
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
1987
George Benson
Detroit's George Benson Swings & Swings & Swings
1986, LP, Album, Parkwood Records
Bill King Quintet Featuring Liberty Silver And Pat LaBarbera
City Of Dreams
1985, LP, Night Passage Music, ,
, Smooth Jazz
Sammy Nestico
Night Flight
1985, ,
, Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Andrew Davis, Jeanne Baxtresser, Julius Baker, Doug Riley
Fascinatin' Rhythm - Music Of George Gershwin
1984
Victor Davies (2), Betty Jane Wylie
Beowulf: A Musical Epic
1983, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock/Opera
Sara Hamilton And David
Live!
1983
Various
Jazz Dance
1983, ,
, Swing
Cliff Carter
Thrill of a Lifetime
1982, LP, Album, RCA, RCA Victor,
Ivy Steel
Reincarnation
1981, LP, Album, Innovation Records (3),
Peter Appleyard
Peter Appleyard
1981, LP, Album, Intercan Records, CTL,
Jaylus
Sea Swept
1980, LP, Album, Change Records, ,
, Jazz-Funk
Oscar Peterson
The Personal Touch
1980
Songbird Orchestra And Chorus
No Ordinary Child
1980, ,
, Gospel/Holiday
Jerry Toth
The Classic Jerry Toth
1978, ,
, Big Band/Easy Listening
Pete Magadini
Bones Blues
1978,
Aura*
Special Way
1978, ,
, Soul/Disco
The Buddy Tate Quartet*
Texas Tenor
1978, ,
, Swing
Various
Pieces Of Dreams
1977, LP, Comp, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, ,
, Easy Listening/Ballad/Latin Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Vocal
Jean-Pierre Manseau
Jean-Pierre Manseau
1977, LP, Album, Radio Canada International,
Peter Appleyard
Presents
1977, ,
, Jazz-Funk
Paul Drake
Paul Drake Sings Love
1977, ,
, Ballad/Vocal
Various
Catherine McKinnon / Ian McDougall / Ted Komar / Phil Nimmons Quartet
1975, LP, Album, Comp, Radio Canada International, ,
, Folk/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Latin Jazz
Peter Foldy
Peter Foldy
1974, LP, Album, Kanata, ,
, Folk/Folk Rock/Soft Rock
The Laurie Bower Singers*
Take Me Home Country Roads
1971, ,
, Vocal
Rod Coneybeare, The Lorien Woodwind Quintet*, The Czech String Quartet*
Tikki Tikki Tembo / How The Loon Got Its Necklace
1970, ,
, Contemporary
Billy Van Singers
"Fall In" A Fun Fashion Musical
1969, LP, Album, Promo, Chelsea Records (7), ,
, Big Band/Pop Rock/Swing
Motherlode
When I Die
1969
Karl Boxer Trio
Jazz Impromptu
1964,
Peter Appleyard Quintet*
Saturday Night At The Montréal Bistro
CDr, Album, Not On Label
Peter Appleyard
Great Vibes With Strings
Oscar Peterson
The Composer
Various
Tis The Season: A Heartland Holiday Sampler
2009, CD, Comp, Line Level Music
Various
Justin Time Records 25th Anniversary Collection
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Justin Time,
Various
Ellingtonia (A Tribute To Duke Ellington)
1999, CD, Comp, Justin Time, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Jazz Toronto
1998, CD, Comp, Justin Time, Justin Time,
Various
Retrospective 1983-1998
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Justin Time,
Various
The Art Of The Bass
1997, CD, Album, Justin Time,
Various
Justin Time For Christmas Two
1997, CD, Comp, Justin Time
Various
A Celebration Of Quality Jazz, Blues & Gospel
1995, CD, Comp, Justin Time, Club Empress, ,
, Smooth Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening
Various
Justin Time For Christmas
1995, CD, Comp, Justin Time, ,
, Vocal/Gospel/Bop/Post Bop/Holiday
Various
Justin Time Sampler Winter 1995/96
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Justin Time, ,
, Latin Jazz/Blues Rock/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Cool Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Various
1994 Juno Collection - The Night Canadian Music Comes Home
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Juno Awards, Canadian Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Controlled Media Communications, ,
, Country/Folk Rock/Soft Rock/Dance-pop/Indie Rock/Dancehall/Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock/Smooth Jazz/RnB/Swing/Garage House/Pop Rap/Blues Rock/Aboriginal/Romantic
Various
Songposts Vol. 1
1991, CD, Smplr, Word Of Mouth (5),
George Benson
The Best Of George Benson
2004, CD, Comp, Unofficial, SomeWax Recordings, 
,
, Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Oscar Peterson
An Oscar Peterson Christmas
1995
Oscar Peterson Featuring Joe Pass
The Quartet Live
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson
, Hard Bop/Post Bop
