Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. One of the finest to emerge during the 1930s, he was also a member of the Ahmad Jamal trio for most of 1954 to 1962. He is credited with taking one of the first recorded full-length bass solos, on his 1935 recording of "Blues of Israel" with drummer Gene Krupa when he was only 16.
Israel Crosby
- Name
- Israel Crosby
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Born
- January 19, 1919
- Died
- 11 August 1962
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz
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Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. One of the finest to emerge during the 1930s, he was also a member of the Ahmad Jamal trio for most of 1954 to 1962. He is credited with taking one of the first recorded full-length bass solos, on his 1935 recording of "Blues of Israel" with drummer Gene Krupa when he was only 16.
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Israel Crosby (1919–1962) was a double-bassist and musician, of American nationality. The double-bassist was born and died in Chicago. The work spans jazz.
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But before the group left the university, Shearing received a letter from the bassist in which he said he'd soon be well enough to return to the quintet. But Crosby never returned; he died of a blood clot on the heart in Chicago's West Side Veterans Administration Hospital on Aug. He was 43."
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• Name — Israel Crosby • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Born — January 19, 1919 • Died — 11 August 1962 • Instrument — Double bass • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Associated Acts — Gene Ammons, Ahmad Jamal, Benny Goodman, George Shearing, Vernel Fournier
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As sideman
With Ahmad Jamal • Ahmad's Blues (1951, 1955) • Ahmad Jamal Plays (Parrot, 1955) also released as Chamber Music of the New Jazz (Argo, 1955) • The Ahmad Jamal Trio (Epic, 1955) • Count 'Em 88 (Argo, 1956) • At the Pershing: But Not for Me (1958) • Live at The Pershing & The Spotlight Club (1958) • Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal (1958) • Moonlight in Vermont (1958) • Happy Moods (Argo, 1960) • Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (Argo, 1960) • Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra (Argo, 1961) • All of You (Argo, 1961) • Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (Argo, 1962) • Cross Country Tour 1958-1961 (1962) • Poinciana (1963) • Extensions (1965) • Heat Wave (1966) • Standard Eyes (1967) With others • Lorez Alexandria: Deep Roots (Argo, 1962) • Albert Ammons: 1936-1939 (Classics) • Chu Berry: and his Stompy Stevedores (1937) • Charlie Christian: Solo Flight (Topaz, 1939–1941) • Vic Dickenson: Breaks, Blues and Boogie (Topaz, 1941–1946) • Roy Eldridge: 1943-1944 (Classics), The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz, 1935–41) • Herb Ellis: The Midnight Roll (Eipc, 1962) (last recording session) • Edmond Hall: 1936-1944 (Classics) • Coleman Hawkins: The Complete Coleman Hawkins (Mercury, 1944), Rainbow Mist (Delmark, 1944 [1992]), Verve Jazz Masters 34 (Verve, 1944–62) • Fletcher Henderson: 1934-1937 (Classics) • Horace Henderson: 1940 (Classics) • Sam Jones: Down Home (Riverside, 1962) • Gene Krupa: 1935-1938 (Classics) • Meade Lux Lewis: Boogie And Blues (Topaz, 1936–1941) • George Shearing: Jazz Moments (Capitol, 1962) (Blue Note as of 2008) • Jess Stacy: 1935-1939 (Classics) • Earl Washington: (Classics) (Workshop - Motown Imprint, 1962)
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• Illustration — Israel Crosby with Benny Goodman (third from left) and some of Goodman's former musicians in 1952. Left to right: Vernon Brown, George Auld, Goodman, Gene Krupa, Clint Neagley, Ziggy Elman, Crosby and Teddy Wilson (at piano)
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- 1.[ AllMusic biography]
- 2."Tragic End to a Two-Week Leave." Down Beat 29:25 (27 September 1962), 13.
- 3.Feather, Leonard. (1962). Herb Ellis and the All-Stars The Midnight Roll (liner notes). Epic Records. BA 17034.
- 4.https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqtEIBxAhMsC&pg=PA427&lpg=PA427&dq=%22israel+crosby%22+african+american&source=bl&ots=g_Qknaqjpp&sig=UKTvkem7VyO-pHBUa-Z3g7vXWsA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRve3ftJjLAhXBrB4KHVGICzQQ6AEIJTAC#v=onepage&q=%22israel%20crosby%22%20african%20american&f=false
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