David Izenzon

David Izenzon ( born May 17, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, † October 8, 1979 in New York City ) was an American jazz bassist.

Izenzon began in the mid 1950s with the bass playing. After playing with local bands of his native city, he went in 1961 to New York. Here he performed with Paul Bley, Archie Shepp, Sonny Rollins and Bill Dixon and joined the trio of Ornette Coleman. The inclusion of the Town Hall concert is the first surviving recording of Izenzon. The central product of his first lasting until 1968 collaboration with Coleman were the two At the Golden Circle Stockholm albums from 1965 with Charles Moffett Sr. as a drummer. From this period also recordings with Harold McNair and with Yoko Ono.

From 1968 to 1971 he taught at Bronx Community College music history. During this time he led his own quartet, but also played with Perry Robinson, Sam Rivers, Jaki Byard, Karl Berger and Paul Motian. From 1972, he curtailed his activities as a practicing musician always more to maintain his sick son Solomon. In 1973, he completed a degree in psychotherapy from Northwestern University with his doctorate and opened a practice in New York's East Village. Then he composed in 1975 listed jazz opera "How Music Can Save The World", which he dedicated to those who had helped in the care of his son. From 1977 he worked until his untimely death again with Coleman and Motian. Bassist John Lindberg played 1997 Album Offers for Luminosity as a tribute to a Izenzon.