Crosby, Israel
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Fuller Name
- Israel Clem
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1919-01-19
Death Date
- 1962-08-11
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra
- Organization: Three Sharps and a Flat (Musical group)
- Organization: Ahmad Jamal Trio
Birth Place
- Chicago (Ill.)
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Jamal, A. Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing [SR] p1985:container (Israel Crosby, bass)
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Crosby, Israel (Clem); b. Jan. 19, 1919, Chicago, d. Aug. 11, 1962, Chicago; double bass player)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed January 6, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Crosby, Israel; jazz musician, bassist. He was born 19 January 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; played a historic bass solo on Blues for Israel; joined the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1936-1938); performed with Three Sharps and a Flat (1939); one of first African-Americans to work as a studio musician, performing with Raymond Scott's radio orchestra at CBS (1944); recorded four songs cut for the Apollo label (1947); joined the Ahmad Jamal Trio (1951-1962) and the pianist George Shearing's trio (1962). He died 11 August 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, United States)
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Change Notes
- 1988-06-15: new
- 2015-11-13: revised
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