Chuck Israels
Charles "Chuck" Israel (* 10. August 1936 in New York City , NY ) is an American jazz - bassist and - Composer . He became known through his collaboration with the pianist Bill Evans .
Live and act
Chuck Israels is self-taught as a bass player, but later studied music at Brandeis University and in Paris in 1959. He became a member of the George Russell sextet in 1960 and has recorded with Cecil Taylor , Eric Dolphy , Stan Getz , Herbie Mann , Herbie Hancock , Coleman Hawkins , JJ Johnson , John Coltrane and Monica Zetterlund , among others . Chuck Israels will be remembered for his play in the trio of Bill Evans, in which he succeeded bassist Scott LaFaro, who died in 1961 . Until 1966 they played albums like Nirvana, At Shelly Manne's Hole, How My Heart Sings! , Moon Beams and Bill Evans At Town Hall . Chuck Israels says about working with Bill Evans: “It was a very work-intensive engagement - stimulating, exciting and focused at the same time. You can hear that in the recordings - silence during the music, no applause at the end of a solo - all of the listeners knew that an artist was at work here, whose inner flow of thought they somehow participated ”.
From 1986, Israel was director of jazz studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham .
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz-Lexikon , Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1988.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Hanns E. Petrik: Bill Evans - His life, his music, his records , Schaftlach, Oreos (Collection Jazz), 1989.
- Bielefeld catalog, 1988 & 2002.
Web links
- Marc Myers: Interview: Chuck Israels. Jazzwax, February 26, 2019, accessed on February 26, 2019 .
- Chuck Israels at Discogs (English)
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- ↑ Israels on the recordings of At Shelly Manne's Hole , quoted. after Petrik: Bill Evans
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Israel, Chuck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Israel, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |