ArtistInfo

Karen Young

voc, *1951 CA, Montreal
Singer / Musician / Composer / Arranger of Jazz and World

Karen Young (born on June 19, 1951) is a singer, lyricist, composer and arranger from Quebec, Canada who has explored several different musical styles.Young was born in Montreal. Starting in folk music with a medium chart hit Garden Of Ursh (1971) in the late 1960s, she switched to jazz in the mid-1970s with the successful Bebop vocal group, Bug Alley. She was a member from 1975 to 1979. She played lead roles in the musical theatre productions Mata Hari and Angel, written by David Rimmer and Edward Knoll, in the early 1980s. In the later 1980s, she was part of the renowned bass and voice duo, Young and Donato. Their album Young & Donato was nominated for a Juno award 1985. The following album Contredanse won a Félix Award in category Best jazz album in Quebec in 1988. The duo had 4 times 1

Instruments

• Vocals
• Percussion
• Synthesizer
• Backing Vocals

Genres

• Jazz
• World
• Folk
• Pop
• Latin

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