Chuck Israels

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, [a30486], Herbie Hancock, [a251778], 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.