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"I am extremely honored and greatly appreciate the prestigious award of NEA Jazz Master. This honor means more to me than words can express! A sincere ‘thank you' to all members of the National Endowment for the Arts." Trumpeter Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young was born on February 3, 1919, in Dayton, Ohio. Young began playing the trumpet at five and by his early teens was working in various regional bands. From 1939-1942 he made a name for himself as lead trumpeter and soloist in the Jimmie Lunceford band. From 1942 to 1947 Young worked with the Lee Young's band, Les Hite, Benny Carter, and Gerald Wilson, as well as with the Count Basie band, where he replaced trumpet player Ed Lewis. Young led his own band in his hometown of Dayton from 1947 to 1957 and continued to perform periodically with both Lionel Hampton and Basie from the early 1960s. Upon leaving Basie in 1962, Young became a studio trumpeter at NBC, and was a founding member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra in 1966. He was a member of the Tonight Show Orchestra, moving to Los Angeles with the show in 1972 and remaining with it until Johnny Carson left in 1992. Since, Young has worked with several Los Angeles big bands, and has issued three albums under his own name, including Horn of Plenty which demonstrated his solo gifts as a strong lead trumpeter. On it, he performed flugelhorn and trumpet in quartet with Ross Tomkins (piano), John Collins (guitar), and Jake Hanna (drums). Young has appeared as a soloist at jazz festivals in Montreux, Switzerland; The Hague, Holland; Antibe, France; and Concord, California. Young continues to perform and tour with the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra. National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal
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