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Annie Ross
Annie Ross
British-American actress, singer and vocalist
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Charles Thompson
Charles Thompson
American pianist
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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
American vocalese trio
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Specs Powell
Specs Powell
American musician
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Al Hall
Al Hall
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Maxine Sullivan
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
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Al Aarons
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Skeeter Best
Skeeter Best
American musician
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Bob Haggart
Bob Haggart
American double bass player, composer, and arranger
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Jack Washington
Jack Washington
American jazz saxophonist
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Larry Gales
Larry Gales
American musician
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Norman Simmons
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Eugene Wright
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
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Cándido Camero
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Åke Persson
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
American musician
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Irving Ashby
Irving Ashby
American jazz guitarist
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Specs Wright
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Eddie Beal
Eddie Beal
American musician
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Billy Kyle
Billy Kyle
Jazz pianist
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Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
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Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
American musician
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Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Bill Doggett
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Walter Page
Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Marty Grosz
Marty Grosz
American musician
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Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Richard Wyands
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist

Ike Isaacs

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American jazz bassist
Genres
Music

Charles "Ike" Isaacs (March 28, 1923 - February 27, 1981) was an American jazz bassist from the greater Cleveland, Ohio metropolitan area.

Born in Akron, Isaacs played trumpet and tuba as a child before settling on bass. He 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.