| Monteiro Young & Holt or M.Y.H for short is the name of a band that brought together the best jazz from the U.S. and Asia. The group consisted one of Asia top jazz pianist, Jeremy Monteiro from Singapore and two of Chicago's swingiest jazzman, Eldee Young on doublebass and Redd Holt on drums. In 1988, the group together with O'Donel Levy and saxman John Stubblefied played a rousing early morning concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The festival director, Claude Nobs called the concert "an unforgettable set which will remain a classic concert of the first 22 years of the Montreux". The Montreux concert and "live" album, was a high point in the musical relationship established between the trio in 1986, when they recorded Singapore's first digital jazz recording "Back to Basics" together with members of the Singapore Jazz group " Jeramzee" and other American jazz musicians. The trio went on to record another album, "Blues for the Saxophone Club" (with Eldee Watts and O'Donel Levy) and performed together on a regular basis in Singapore, Hong Kong (at The Jazz Club), and Washington D.C., where they appeared under the banner of Young-Holt Unlimited featuring Jeremy Monteiro. Back in the 60's, the name Young-Holt Unlimited was a household name which appeared on the Billboards R&B charts for their hits, Soulful Strut and Wack Wack, they even topped the Soul Brothers Chart with Soulful Strut in a chart that included Stevie Wonder at number 4, Diana Ross and The Supremes at number 6 and James Brown at number 7. This was an impressive boost for the duo, who were the orginal rhythm section of the Ramsey Lewis Trio. While with Ramsey, they scored a string of hits including "The In Crowd" and won a Grammy for their efforts. Both Eldee Young and Redd Holt have had active careers and Redd often played in Eldee's band, "The Eldee Young Quartet". They had also been on a reunion tour with Ramsey Lewis during summer in 2000 all over U.S. 2001 marked the 15th Anniversary of Monteiro, Young & Holt. The trio first collaborated on Jeramzee's (Jeremy's fusion band in the 80's) "Back to Basics" album. Since then, they have gotten together almost every year to do a project, whether a series of shows or an album. The obvious chemistry and fun that the band had is the reason each of the members left aside their own highly successful respective careers to do the MYH project for a few weeks each year. In 2000, Monteiro, Young & Holt performed at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Hong Kong in January, at the Singapore International Jazz Festival Fringe in May 2001 and at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland in July. The concerts in Singapore in November 2001 marked the close of their 15th Anniversary shows. Sadly, this band is no longer in existence with the passing of its bassist and vocalist, Eldee Young. MYH had been together for 21 years and Showtime Productions has managed the band for 20 years since 1987. |
| Monteiro Young & Holt Discography JJ Jazz Blues for the Saxophone Club "Live" at Montreux Jazz Festival Click here to buy their albums |
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| Historical Page of Monteiro Young & Holt |
| ...in remembrance of Eldee Young |