As the son of an American jazz enthusiast, Jacob Young (born July 14th, 1970 in
Lillehammer, Norway) found himself enamoured by the genre from an early age,
teaching himself how to play the guitar at just twelve years old. After studying
music at university and perfecting his technique with a coveted scholarship in
New York, he returned to Norway to begin recording music, releasing his
nine-track debut album This Is You in 1995. Exploring contemporary jazz sonics,
the project served as his first of two with instrumentalist contemporaries Larry
Goldings, Nils Petter Molvær, Per Od...