Israel Crosby

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Israel Crosby
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Background information
Birth name	Israel Crosby
Born	June 23, 1923
Origin	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, Illinois
Genre(s)	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Double bassist
Instrument(s)	Double bass
Associated acts	Gene Ammons

Israel Crosby (19 January 1919–11 August, 1962) was an African-American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, perhaps most notable for his work done with Gene Ammons, Gene Krupa, Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, Raymond Scott, George Shearing, Ahmad Jamal and Teddy Wilson.

A close contemporary to Jimmy Blanton, Crosby is less considered as a pioneer, but his interactive playing in Jamal's trio and Shearing's quintet shows how easily and fluently he displayed a modern approach to jazz double bass.

[edit] Selected discography

Albert Ammonds: 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), 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)