David Izenzon

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

Izenzon began playing double bass at age twenty-four. He played locally in his hometown of Pittsburgh before moving to New York City in 1961. There he played with Paul Bley, Archie Shepp, Sonny Rollins, and Bill Dixon, but he is best known for his association with Ornette Coleman, begun in October 1961. He played in Coleman's Town Hall, 1962 concert and played with him regularly from 1965 to 1968, often in a trio format with Charles Moffett. During this time he also recorded with Harold McNair and Yoko Ono. He taught music history at Bronx Community College from 1968 to 1971 and played with Perry Robinson and Paul Motian, but reduced his time in music in 1972 when his son became ill. In 1973 he received a Ph.D. in psychotherapy from Northwestern University and co-founded Potsmokers Anonymous with his wife, Pearl. In 1975 he composed a jazz opera entitled How Music Can Save the World, dedicated to those who helped his son recover. From 1977 he worked again with Coleman and Motian, up until his death in 1979.

Bassist John Lindberg dedicated his 1997 album Offers for Luminosity to Izenzon.

Discography
With Jaki Byard With Ornette Coleman With Steve Kuhn and Toshiko Akiyoshi With Harold McNair 'With Paul Motian With Yoko Ono With Joseph Scianni With Archie Shepp With Sonny Rollins With Bob Thiele
 * Sunshine of My Soul (Prestige. 1967)
 * Town Hall, 1962 (ESP, 1962)
 * Chappaqua Suite (Columbia, 1965)
 * An Evening With Ornette Coleman (Polydor, 1965)
 * At the Golden Circle Stockholm (Blue Note, 1965)
 * The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos (Dauntless, 1963)
 * ''Affectionate Fink (Island, 1965)
 * Dance (ECM, 1977)
 * Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (Apple, 1968)
 * Man Running (Savoy, 1965)
 * Archie Shepp & The New Contemporary 5/The Bill Dixon 7-Tette (Savoy, 1964)
 * Fire Music (Impulse!, 1965)
 * On This Night (Impulse!, 1965)
 * Further Fire Music (Impulse!, 1965)
 * The Standard Sonny Rollins (RCA, 1964)
 * The Alternative Rollins (RCA, 1964)
 * Head Start (Flying Dutchman, 1967)