Phil Young is a central figure to the area of Harlem. Having lived there for the majority of his life, the 70 year old remarks upon those he has encountered during his 60+ years of playing
“I started drums at 7 – my father played but he went to the Korean war - when he came back the music was over. I’ll be 71 in March – I've been playing since I was 15 professionally. I played with Bobby Blue Bland at 22. Freddie Hubbard, Mary Lou Williams, Maxine Sullivan, Dizzy Gillespie. The Micki Grant show 'Don’t bother me I Cant Cope' on Broadway. 5th Dimension, The Temptations, Warwick sisters, the Drifters, the Coasters, Shep and the Limelites – the list goes on”