The New Stan Getz Quartet Stan Getz Quartet The John Coltrane Sextet Coleman Hawkins Sextet National Jazz Ensemble The Chuck Israels Quartet Chuck Israels International Trio The Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra Chuck Israels Trio
ex The Bill Evans Trio, Hampton Hawes Trio, Don Friedman Trio, The Paul Winter Sextet, Cecil Taylor Quintet, Jon Mayer Trio
ex The Bill Evans Trio, Hampton Hawes Trio, Don Friedman Trio, The Paul Winter Sextet, Cecil Taylor Quintet, Jon Mayer Trio
American jazz bassist, composer and arranger, born August 10, 1936 in New York.
Israels is best known for his work with The Bill Evans Trio (1961-1966). He has also worked with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, J.J. Johnson, John Coltrane and many others. He served as Director of the National Jazz Ensemble from 1973 to 1981. He is now the Director of Jazz Studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham.