David Izenzon

David Izenzon (born May 17, 1932 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , † October 8, 1979 in New York City ) was an American jazz bassist.

Live and act

Izenzon began playing bass in the mid-1950s. After playing with regional bands in his hometown, he went to New York in 1961. Here he performed with Paul Bley , Archie Shepp , Sonny Rollins and Bill Dixon and joined Ornette Coleman's trio . The recording of his Town Hall concert is the first recorded recording with Izenzon. The central product of his collaboration with Coleman, which initially lasted until 1968, were the two At the Golden Circle Stockholm albums from 1965 with Charles Moffett Sr. as the drummer. Recordings with Harold McNair , Joseph Scianni and Yoko Ono also date from this period .

From 1968 to 1971 he taught music history at the Bronx Community College . During this time he led his own quartet, but also played with Perry Robinson , Sam Rivers , Jaki Byard , Karl Berger and Paul Motian . From 1972 he restricted his activity as a practicing musician more and more in order to care for his sick son Solomon. In 1973 he graduated in Psychotherapy at the Northwestern University from his promotion and opened a practice in New York's East Village . He then composed the jazz opera “How Music Can Save The World” performed in 1975, which he dedicated to those who had helped to look after his son. From 1977 he worked again with Coleman and Motian until his untimely death. The bassist John Lindberg , who took lessons from him, recorded the album Offers for Luminosity in 1997 as a tribute to Izenzon.

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Individual evidence

↑ Lindbergh and Karl Berger about Izenzon ( Memento from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Izenzon, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pittsburgh
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 1979
Place of death	New York City

[1] Lindbergh and Karl Berger about Izenzon ( Memento from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )