associated_acts death_date years_active label article_title background birth_date instrument genre origin name occupation
john young trio 16 april 2008 1940s -- 1990s delmark , argo john young -lrb- jazz pianist -rrb-
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 16 march 1922 piano , keyboards jazz chicago , illinois , u.s. john young pianist
john young -lrb- jazz pianist -rrb-

john merritt young -lrb- march 16 , 1922 -- april 16 , 2008 -rrb- was an american jazz pianist .
young played with sarah vaughan , ella fitzgerald , dexter gordon , and many others .
he recorded with his own trio in the 1950s and 1960s , and was a sideman for von freeman , gene ammons and others .
he remained active in the chicago jazz scene until a few years before his death .
