David Anthony Young is a Canadian double bassist born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on January 29, 1940. He began his career performing in local gigs with jazz guitarist Lenny Breau before studying music at Berklee College of Music and Royal Conservatory of Music in the 1960s. During the 1970s, Young performed with several Canadian symphony orchestras. He has worked extensively in jazz with prominent musicians including Kenny Barron, Gene DiNovi, Wray Downes, Tommy Flanagan, Oliver Jones, and Oscar Peterson. Young reached professional recognition for his bowed solos and was appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 2006. Over his career, he has received nine Juno Award nominations, winning the Best Mainstream Jazz Album award in 1994 for his collaborative album Fables and Dreams with the Phil Dwyer Quartet. His other nominated recordings include Au Privave (1982) with Wray Downes, Live at Bourbon St. (1997) with Lenny Breau, Two By Two, Piano Bass Duets, Vol. II (1997), Inner Urge (1999) with the Dave Young Trio, and Mainly Mingus (2006) with the Dave Young Quintet. He also received nominations for albums Aspects of Oscar (2012), Volume One (2013), and One Way Up (2017).
