From 1954 to 1964 David X Young held open door jam sessions in his painter's loft at 821 Sixth Avenue in the flower district of Manhattan.

Some photographs of these sessions by his neighbor W. Eugene Smith were shown in two television segments on both CNN (Feb 20, 2000) and CBS SUNDAY MORNING (fall 2000) with interviews of Young and some of the musicians who played there. A book of DXY's own photos and paintings from those days, including 2 CDs of sessions recorded by Young, plus a poster of his painting ROLLINS SHAMAN are in "DAVID X YOUNG'S JAZZLOFT"