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Justin Young sounds utterly natural when he plays, as if his extraordinary saxophone talent never needed formal training. But those mellifluous lines of soulful notes come through years of study, training and commitment to his love of music, as well as a constant desire to move forward.
Born in 1980 in Warren, MI, just a few minutes outside Detroit, Young grew up in a musical household. His father, Jim Young, led a band called Kaleidoscope and would often rehearse the group in the family room.
“I was seeing and hearing drummers and keyboardists and vocalists, and hearing how all the sounds meshed together. It was always in the back of my mind,” Young said in an interview at his home in Edmond, Okla. “It was in the blood, and plus Detroit was so eclectic at the time, you know, everything from R&B to pop and Top 40 and Motown – just a melting pot of different sounds, and I was absorbing it all.”
That fertile environment, both at home and all around him in Detroit, gave Young a world-class musical education.
Born in 1980 in Warren, MI, just a few minutes outside Detroit, Young grew up in a musical household. His father, Jim Young, led a band called Kaleidoscope and would often rehearse the group in the family room.
“I was seeing and hearing drummers and keyboardists and vocalists, and hearing how all the sounds meshed together. It was always in the back of my mind,” Young said in an interview at his home in Edmond, Okla. “It was in the blood, and plus Detroit was so eclectic at the time, you know, everything from R&B to pop and Top 40 and Motown – just a melting pot of different sounds, and I was absorbing it all.”
That fertile environment, both at home and all around him in Detroit, gave Young a world-class musical education.
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