Description: Gerry Youngman is an jazz organ performer, recording artist and composer of over 40 original jazz songs. Current projects include Paradigm Shift, WMY Trio and Ron LoCurto Band. His style of music is often described as soul jazz, jazz funk, organ trio jazz hard bob and traditional organ trio jazz.
Gerry is best known as the arranger, composer and organist in the internationally acclaimed soul jazz trio Paradigm Shift . He has 4 Recorded CDs with original music including over 40 songs he has written. He is signed to Nagel Heyer , one of Europe’s largest jazz record labels. Gerry has played in Festivals all over the world including the Rochester International Jazz Festival , Baltimore Jazz Festival, Pine Grill Reunion, Lewiston Jazz Festival , Montauk Music Festival, Jazz at Glenora , Burlington J
Gerry is best known as “the romantic” who writes beautiful ballads. Watch out. His songs get in your head and stay there. As a working musician he is known for writing songs that highlight the abilities of the musicians he works with. Both Wycliffe Gorden and Marcus Printup know the magic of someone who has written a piece with them in mind. Listen to Sannibel Breeze and you will hear him pay homage to the great Frank Foster. This harkens back to the hayday of jazz where musicians built on tunes of the
Gerry teaches private music lessons in the following instruments and topics: