Researching Ike Isaacs
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2580 people with the Isaacs surname? In that year Isaacs was ranked number 1522 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ike means "form of ISAAC - laughing one" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Ike Isaacs on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ike Isaacs and the Isaacs Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 2894 people with the Isaacs surname in the UK? Isaacs is now ranked number 1858 for popularity in the UK. |
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Ike Isaacs (guitarist)
Ike Isaacs (December 1, 1919, Rangoon, Burma – January 11, 1996, Sydney, Australia) was a Burmese-English jazz guitarist, best known for his work with violinist Stéphane Grappelli.
Isaacs was self taught on guitar. He started playing professionally in college while pursuing a degree in chemistry. In 1946 he moved to England, where he became a member of the BBC Show Band. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was a member of the Hot Club of London, led by guitarist Diz Disley, which often collaborated with Stéphane Grappelli. He was a member of the band Velvet with Digby Fairweather, Len Skeat, and Denny Wright. In the 1980s, he moved to Australia and taught at the Sydney School of Guitar.
He died of cancer in January 1996, at the age of 76.
Source: Ike Isaacs (guitarist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaIke Isaacs (bassist)
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.
Source: Ike Isaacs (bassist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Isaacs
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