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A brilliant bassist who was an expert with the bow,
David Izenzon's playing with the mid-'60s
Ornette Coleman Trio was outstanding. He did not start playing bass until he was already 24.
Izenzon worked locally in Pittsburgh until moving to New York in 1961. He played with
Paul Bley,
Archie Shepp,
Sonny Rollins, and
Bill Dixon, and first joined
Coleman's group in October 1961.
Izenzon freelanced after
Coleman's 1962 Town Hall concert, and then played regularly with the innovative altoist during 1965-1968. He taught at Bronx Community College (1968-1971), played with
Perry Robinson and
Paul Motian, gained a PhD in psychotherapy (1973), and worked again with
Coleman and
Motian in 1977, before his early death. ~ Scott Yanow