Horace Alexander Young
Horace Alexander Young | |
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| Born | November 4, 1954 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Texas Southern University (TSU); Washington State University |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophonist, flute player and jazz educator |
| Known for | Performing jazz music Jazz Studies Director at TSU |
| Spouse(s) | Phyllis Karon Gooden Regina Belle, m. 1985–1990 |
| Website | horacealexanderyoung |
Horace Alexander Young (born November 4, 1954) is an American saxophonist, flutist, composer, songwriter, composer, arranger/orchestrator and author. He has performed alongside acts such as B.B. King, Bill Withers, Freddy Fender, Jonathan Butler, The Manhattans, McCoy Tyner, Nancy Wilson, Norman Brown, Regina Belle, Sam Hopkins, Gerald Alston, Abdullah Ibrahim, The McCoy Tyner Big Band, and Toots Thielemans.
Young is also an educator, having taught on the music faculty of Washington State University (1998-2008 and 2015-2022), and at other educational institutions such as Sonoma State University (1983–84) and Rutgers University (1984–85),[4] Texas Southern University (2008-2014) and Houston Community College (2010-2014 and 2022 - ). Additionally, he served as the Chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) from 2014-2017 – where he established the student-run record label, ARROYO RECORDS which released two recordings during his tenure there.[5] Young is now Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington State University.[4]