Israel Crosby

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Israel Crosby
Benny Goodman (third from left) in 1952 with some of his former band members around the piano from left to right: Vernon Brown , Georgie Auld , Gene Krupa , Clint Neagley , Ziggy Elman , Israel Crosby and Teddy Wilson (on piano)

Israel Crosby (* 19th January 1919 in Chicago ; † 11. August 1962 ) was an American jazz - bassist of swing and modern jazz .

Live and act

Israel Crosby first learned the trumpet and then switched to bass in 1934. At the beginning of his musical career in 1935/36 he played with Albert Ammons in Chicago; there were also recordings with Roy Eldridge , Jess Stacy , Jimmie Noone and Gene Krupa , with whom he recorded the Blues Of Israel in 1935. From 1936 to 1938 he was a member of Fletcher Henderson's band , where he replaced John Kirby ; then he played in the bands of Horace Henderson (1940) and Teddy Wilson . In smaller ensembles under his own name and with Edmond Hall's Quartet ( Profoundly Blue 1941), Charlie Christian , Benny Goodman , Chu Berry , Art Hodes , Coleman Hawkins 1944, Jimmy Yancey , Georgie Auld and Bill Russo , Crosby recorded numerous records. 1951 to 1953 he played in the trio of Ahmad Jamal ( The Three Strings ), one of the most important piano trios of the time; after that he worked for Benny Goodman. In 1956 he went back to Jamal, with whom he recorded his album At the Pershing: But Not for Me in 1958 .

Ahmad Jamal disbanded the trio in 1962 and Israel Crosby briefly switched to the quintet of pianist George Shearing , but Crosby became seriously ill. At the age of 43 before starting a trip to Europe, he died of a heart attack. George Shearing said of his colleague: He was one of the most inspiring musicians I have played with . In Ahmal Jamal's trio, which left plenty of room for the rhythm section to develop as a soloist, the co-founder of modern bass playing was able to fully develop his melodic inventiveness and his supporting, organ-like tone . His style of playing in the tradition of Jimmy Blanton , in a row with bassists like John Kirby , Walter Page or Milt Hinton , became the model for subsequent bassists like Wilbur Ware .

Selection discography

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Ahmad Jamal: At The Pershing (Chess, 1958), Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV (Argo 1958), Cross Country Tour (Chess, 1958–61)
  • Gene Krupa: 1935-1938 (Classics)
  • Meade Lux Lewis : Boogie And Blues (Topaz, 1936-1941)
  • Jess Stacy: 1935-1939 (Classics)

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Kunzler, p. 263
personal data
SURNAME Crosby, Israel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1962
Place of death Chicago