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Ike Isaacs (bassist)

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Ike Isaacs
Birth nameCharles Isaacs
BornMarch 28, 1923
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 27, 1981 (aged 57)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
GenresJazz
InstrumentsDouble bass

Charles "Ike" Isaacs (March 28, 1923 – February 27, 1981) was an American jazz double bassist from Greater Cleveland.

Early life

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Born in Akron, Ohio, Isaacs played trumpet and tuba as a child before settling on bass.[1]

Career

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Isaacs served in the Army during World War II, where he took lessons from Wendell Marshall. Following this he played with Tiny Grimes (1948–50), Earl Bostic (1951–53), Paul Quinichette (1953), and Bennie Green (1956). He led a band locally in Ohio in 1956, then played for two years in the trio of Carmen McRae, whom he married late in the decade. He worked with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, then with Count Basie (1962), Gloria Lynne (1962–64), and Erroll Garner (1966–70), as well as with his own small groups. He recorded only once as a leader, in 1967 for RGB Records. On this recording he plays in a trio with Jack Wilson on piano and Jimmie Smith on drums.[1][2]

Discography

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As leader or co-leader

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  • Maxine Sullivan with the Ike Isaacs Quartet (Audiophile, 1981) Maxine Sullivan with the Ike Isaacs Quartet
  • Enjoy Yourself! (Audiophile, 1986) Maxine Sullivan, Bob Haggart, Ike Isaacs featuring Dardanelle, Sil Austin, Dan Wall
  • At the Pied Piper (RGB, 1992)

As sideman

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With Count Basie

With Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

With others

References

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  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Ike Isaacs Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (1999). "Isaacs, Ike (Charles Edward)". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 341–342.