Based in Salt Lake City, Tom Young began his musical journey with the piano at age 6, taking to the trumpet at age 9. Classically trained throughout middle and high school, his first professional work came through churches in and around his home town of New Canaan, Connecticut. During this time Tom heard and became heavily addicted to jazz music, particularly the sounds of Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Clifford Brown. While in Connecticut and only one hour by train from New York City, Tom was fortunate to meet and be enlightened by New Orleans natives Harry Connick, Jr and Wynton Marsalis, with whose generosity of time and knowledge he began piecing together his own unique concept of music. For the last ten years Tom has performed all over the world aboard major cruise lines, lived and worked heavily in Las Vegas, as well as traveled with some of the countries premiere party bands. In 2017 he graduated with a Bachelors of Music degree with an emphasis in Commercial Music from Snow College and is now working full time as a bandleader, sideman, and educator.