Israel Crosby
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| Israel Crosby | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Israel Crosby |
| Born | January 19, 1919 |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | August 11, 1962 (aged 43) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Double bassist |
| Instruments | Double bass |
| Associated acts | Gene Ammons, Ahmad Jamal, Benny Goodman, George Shearing, Vernel Fournier |
| Notable instruments | |
| Double bass | |
Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an African-American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, best known as member of the Ahmad Jamal trio from 1957-1962. A close contemporary to Jimmy Blanton, Crosby is less considered as a pioneer, but his interactive playing in Jamal's trio and Shearing's trio shows how easily and fluently he displayed a modern approach to jazz double bass. He is credited with taking the first recorded bass solo on his 1935 recording of 'Blues for Israel' with drummer Gene Krupa (Prestige PR 7644) when he was only 16. He died of a heart attack two months after joining the George Shearing Quintet.[1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] As sideman
With Ahmad Jamal
- Ahmad's Blues (1951, 1955)
- Chamber Music of the New Jazz (1955)
- Count 'Em 88-The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1956) Argo
- 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 (1960) Argo
- All of You (1961, Argo)
- Alhambra (1961, Argo, with Crosby, Fournier)
- Cross Country Tour 1958-1961 (1962)
- Poinciana (1963)
- Extensions (1965)
- Heat Wave (1966)
- Standard Eyes (1967)
With others
- Albert Ammons: 1936-1939 (Classics)
- 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)[2]
- Edmond Hall: 1936-1944 (Classics)
- Coleman Hawkins: The Complete Coleman Hawkins (Mercury, 1944), Rainbow Mist (Delmark, 1944), Verve Jazz Masters 34 (Verve, 1944–62)
- Fletcher Henderson: 1934-1937 (Classics)
- Horace Henderson: 1940 (Classics)
- 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic biography
- ^ Feather, Leonard. (1962). Herb Ellis and the All-Stars The Midnight Roll (liner notes). Epic Records. BA 17034.
