John Merritt Young (March 16, 1922 – April 16, 2008) was an American jazz pianist.
He was active in the Chicago jazz scene, regularly playing popular clubs with artists such as Dexter Gordon, Big Joe Turner, Von Freeman and others.
He made more than a dozen appearances at the Chicago Jazz Festival, often as a sideman for tenor saxophonist Eddie Johnson.
Dan Morgenstern, in Living with Jazz, called Young "one of Chicago's several unsung piano originals".
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