--- title: "4 Chuck Israels Quotes - Famous Composer (Public Domain Songbook : Volume 2)" description: "Charles H. Israels is an American jazz composer, arranger, and bassist who is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b177/author-chuck-israels-66376.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chuck Israels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b177/author-chuck-israels-66376.jpg) # Chuck Israels (1936) Composer United States **4** quotes in **60** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chuck Israels is a composer from the United States, best known for *Public Domain Songbook : Volume 2*. ## Quick Facts About Chuck Israels Born August 10, 1936 Nationality United States Profession Composer Notable works Public Domain Songbook : Volume 2 ## About Chuck Israels Charles H. Israels is an American jazz composer, arranger, and bassist who is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. He has also worked with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, J. J. Johnson, John Coltrane, and Judy Collins. He has won one Grammy in 2020 for his work on mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's album "Songplay". ## Awards & Honors Guggenheim Fellowship ## Quotes by Chuck Israels > [Everything-everything-was communicated through the sound of the music. There were no other signals of any kind ever-no count-offs, head nods, spoken instructions...nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-israels/everything-everything-was-communicated-through-the-sound-of-the-music/) [Chuck Israels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-israels/) [Instruction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/instruction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/chuck-israels-66376_instruction_everything-everything-was-communicated-t_255033.png) > [One of the most obvious aspects of the music to people who know jazz is: How does it feel in the swing?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-israels/one-of-the-most-obvious-aspects-of-the-music-to-people-who-know-jazz/) [Chuck Israels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-israels/) [Appreciate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/chuck-israels-66376_appreciate_one-of-the-most-obvious-aspects-of-the-m_1055179.png) > [Playing inside the changes means playing enough of the important notes of the chord progression at important times. A good solo might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-israels/playing-inside-the-changes-means-playing-enough-of-the-important/) [Chuck Israels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-israels/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/chuck-israels-66376_change_playing-inside-the-changes-means-playing_1137295.png) > [Music needs the juxtaposition of opposites to achieve its drama, so harshness and dissonance are simply part of the material a musician…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-israels/music-needs-the-juxtaposition-of-opposites-to-achieve-its-drama-so/) [Chuck Israels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-israels/) [Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/chuck-israels-66376_achieve_music-needs-the-juxtaposition-of-opposit_2504382.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-israels/#itemlist", "name": "Chuck Israels Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everything-everything-was communicated through the sound of the music. 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