Editing Webster Young

{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter and cornetist}}
{{about|the jazz trumpeter|the classical composer|Webster A. Young}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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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" />

== Discography ==
===As leader===
*1957: ''[[For Lady]]'' (Prestige) with [[Paul Quinichette]], [[Joe Puma]], [[Mal Waldron]], [[Ed Thigpen]],  [[Earl May]]<ref name="forlady" />
*1961: ''Webster Young Plays the Miles Davis Songbook'' (VGM) with [[Freddie Washington (saxophone player)|Freddie Washington]], Red Anderson, [[John Chapman (musician)|John Chapman]], [[John Mixon]], [[Chauncey Williams]]<ref name="songbook" />

===As sideman===
'''With [[Ray Draper]]'''
*''[[Tuba Sounds]]'' (Prestige, 1957)
'''With [[Jackie McLean]]'''
*''[[A Long Drink of the Blues]]'' (Prestige, 1957)
*''[[Makin' the Changes]]'' (Prestige, 1957)
*''[[Strange Blues]]'' (Prestige, 1957)
*''[[Fat Jazz]]'' (Jubilee, 1958)
'''With The Prestige All Stars'''
*''[[Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors]]'' (Prestige, 1957)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
* <ref name="obit">{{Cite news| last=Bernstein | first=Adam | title=D.C. Jazz Trumpeter Webster Young Dies at 71 | date=2003-12-18 | page=B06 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A9947-2003Dec17?language=printer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107100440/https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A9947-2003Dec17/?language=printer | url-status=dead | archive-date=2020-01-07 | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | access-date=2011-10-03}}</ref>
* <ref name="forlady">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r150676|tab=review|label=For Lady}}</ref>
* <ref name="songbook">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r233858|tab=review|label=Plays the Miles Davis Songbook, Vol. 2}}</ref>
}}

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