Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG To Release Solo Debut In The Summer

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young is scheduled to release his debut solo album, "Equilibrium", this summer. The CD was mixed by Michael Wagener (OZZY OSBOURNE, JANET JACKSON, METALLICA, QUEEN, KING'S X, SKID ROW, EXTREME) and features performances by Los Angeles vocal phenom Debby Holiday (JOHN WAITE, ROD STEWART), Brazilian singer/guitarists Badi Assad and Lenine, Australian singer Gilli Moon, vocalist Gregg Analla (SLAVIOR), drummer Matt Chamberlain (TORI AMOS, FIONA APPLE, DAVID BOWIE, CHRISTINA AGUILERA), fretless bassist Tony Franklin (JIMMY PAGE, THE FIRM, BLUE MURDER), Brazilian percussionists Marcos Suzano (STING, LENINE) and Simone Soul (CHICO CESAR), and other friends and musical guests.

Three tracks are currently available for streaming at this location. They are as follows

* "Calling Jupiter" - featuring Debby Holiday, Matt Chamberlain, Tony Franklin, Gilli Moon

* "Taranta por Drea" (instrumental interlude)

* "Liquid Voices" - featuring Gilli Moon, Matt Chamberlain, Tony Franklin, Marcos Suzano

Jeff's entire career with MEGADETH was spent recording and touring in support of the band's 1988 platinum-selling album "So Far, So Good...So What!" Following his stint with MEGADETH, Jeff began contributing the "Fingerprints" column for Guitar magazine. For a portion of the 1990s, Jeff stepped away from his career to deal with the untimely deaths of first his father and later his mother while immersing himself in the further study of classical, flamenco, gypsy jazz and other world music varieties. In 1998, he resurfaced with new Brazilian musical partner, Badi Assad. Together, the duo crafted exotic soundscapes for their first collaboration, BADI ASSAD's "Chameleon". The album, co-written, arranged, and produced by Jeff, introduced their acoustic-world-fusion sounds to diverse audiences worldwide. Opening concerts for renowned artists, including Joe Cocker and Cassandra Wilson, as well as performances on 1999's Lilith Fair and Farm Aid 2000, are testament to the considerable cross-over appeal of Badi and Jeff's "new world music" explorations. In 2003, the track "Waves" from "Chameleon" was featured in the Michael and Kirk Douglas film "It Runs in the Family", as well as on the movie's soundtrack.