Jimy Young  or JY Jelly,as he is known to his friends, has been on the music scene for

quite sometime. As a drummer, keyboardist, engineer,guitarist,singer-songwriter,and

producer. As a kid in NJ, he started out playing in the bands at school,and was the

drummer for local Do-wop groups. One of which had a top ten hit with ,The Boy From

New York City, which was later covered by the Manhattan Transfer. After making a

small name for himself on the east coast  ,he relocated to California. and started playing

guitar. Arriving just in time for the new wave/punk rock scene, he started playing  around

the LA area, hooking up and working with members of Blondie,the Adapters,the Jets and

a few other bands. Always a recording enthusiast,it was during this time that he began to

record rehearsals, and  then demos and live shows for his musician friends.This led to

him producing a couple of sessions as well.After a few years, JY came back to the

East coast ,and the NYC scene.Playing around in coffee houses and helping to form

songwriter workshops,most notably at Downtime with Melissa Cross. Always a

groovemeister, he hooked up as a sideman with a few local groups.As a multi-

instrumentalist, he  would play whatever was necessary.Also writing songs for some of

the bands as well.He finally started putting together  bands of his own to showcase his

original music. Working around in the  tri-state area,he displayed a natural talent for

taking a song and making it his ,as well as his own distinctive style of original material.

Mr. Young has also written music for a few independent films, background and ambient

music for documentaries, and the theme for a local cable game show.A potent performer

and storyteller,he is a delight to be seen.Holding court twice a week at Downtme with a

tight blues/R&B unit known as the Restless. This is one cat that needs to be seen to be

.believed.