Bassist, born 19 January 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, died 11 August 1962 in Chicago, Illinois.Crosby started his career in the mid-1930s working with Albert Ammons and later joined the ensembles of Fletcher Henderson (1936-1938), Horace Henderson (1940) and Teddy Wilson (1940-1942). After working as a session musician for over a decade he became a member of Ahmad Jamal's trio from the mid-1950s up to the early 1960s. He joined George Shearing's band just before his death in 1962.