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David Young Dies at 71; Painter and Friend to Jazz Artists
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All About Jazz
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
David X. Young, a painter whose rodent-infested, illegally rented loft became a citadel of jazz improvisation and experimentation in the 1950's and 60's, died on May 22 in Manhattan. He was 71.
The cause was a heart attack, said his daughter, Eliza Alys Young.
The loft, in an industrial building at 821 Avenue of the Americas, near 28th Street, became a gathering place for the greats of jazz, including Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy ...
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