Chuck Israels: Tribute to Bill Evans

By ROBIN ARENDS, “ The method for making jazz is a wonderful method for making jazz and not a good method for making other music. —Chuck Israels ” View All1234Next » Isn't it nice to meet someone who takes time for a good chat in these hectic times? Especially if this person has a lot to tell, carries the living memory of an important part of jazz history, and is called Chuck Israels? Bassist/arranger/composer Chuck Israels Chuck Israels b.1936 bass, acoustic is in expansive form for this interview conducted in a room of a former monastery in Oegstgeest, a small town in the Netherlands near the North Sea. He is happy to be reunited again with his long-time friend and...