Editing Webster Young (section)

{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter and cornetist}}
{{about|the jazz trumpeter|the classical composer|Webster A. Young}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Webster Young
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| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name          = Webster English Young
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| birth_date          = {{birth date|1932|12|03}}
| birth_place         = [[Columbia, South Carolina]], US
| origin              = [[New York City]], US
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2003|12|13|1932|12|03}} <!-- (death date 1st) -->
| death_place         = [[Vancouver, Washington]], US
| genre               = [[Jazz]]
| occupation          = Educator, musician
| instrument          = [[Trumpet]], [[cornet]]
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'''Webster English Young''' (December 3, 1932 – December 13, 2003) was an American [[jazz]] [[trumpeter]] and [[cornetist]].

Born in [[Columbia, South Carolina]], and raised in [[Washington, D.C.]],<ref name="obit" /> Young was known for his lyrical playing, and performed with [[John Coltrane]], [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Hampton Hawes]], [[Jackie McLean]], and [[Ike Turner|Ike]] and [[Tina Turner]], among others. He recorded only sparingly; his principal album as a leader, ''[[For Lady]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1957), was mainly dedicated to tunes associated with [[Billie Holiday]].

In the late 1950s, at the suggestion of [[Miles Davis]], Webster Young moved to [[New York City]], where he began performing with musicians such as [[Lester Young]] and [[Bud Powell]].<ref name="obit" />  During the mid-1960s, Young returned to Washington, D.C., where he became an educator, teaching music theory at the [[University of the District of Columbia]]; he was also director of the [[District of Columbia Music Center]] jazz workshop band.<ref name="obit" />

Webster Young died on December 13, 2003, from [[brain cancer]] in [[Vancouver, Washington]].<ref name="obit" />