"Israel Crosby"@en . . . "1962Z"^^ . . . . "1919-01-19Z"^^ . . . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . . "American musician" . . . "1919Z"^^ . "Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 \u2013 August 11, 1962) was a jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, best known as member of the Ahmad Jamal trio from 1957 to 1962. A close contemporary of Jimmy Blanton, Crosby is less considered as a pioneer, but his interactive playing in Jamal's trio and that of George Shearing shows how easily and fluently he displayed a modern approach to jazz double bass."@en . "1962-08-11Z"^^ . . . . . "Crosby, Israel"@en . "Israel Crosby"@en .