Results for "John Bishop"

MUSICIAN Born: April 5, 1959

John Bishop

“One can hear many influences in Bishop’s playing, including more than a touch of Elvin, but he is clearly an original voice…” - Percussive Note As a drummer, educator, record label owner, graphic designer, publisher, and festival presenter, John Bishop has been one of the primary voices in Northwest Jazz for over 35 years. He has performed in concerts and clubs with Bobby McFerrin, Lee Konitz, Slide Hampton, Benny Golson, George Cables, Kenny Werner, Bobby Hutcherson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Sonny Fortune, Herb Ellis, Buddy DeFranco, Jack Sheldon, Jerry Bergonzi, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Larry Coryell, and countless others

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The Poets Are Gathering

By BENJAMIN BOONE

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. THAT’S MY SON THERE (feat. Patricia Smith), 2. MAROONING (feat. Patrick Sylvain), 3. AGAINST SILENCE (feat. Tyehimba Jess), 4. POEM BY POEM (feat. Juan Felipe Herrera), 5. DECONSTRUCTION OF IDOLS (feat. Dustin Prestridge), 6. TRUTHS (feat. Lee Herrick, 7. THE POETS ARE GATHERING (feat. Juan Felipe Herrera), 8. SONG (feat. Edward Hirsch), 9. SPIRAL (feat. Marisol Baca), 10. THE SUN ONE (HOMAGE TO SUN RA) (feat. T.R. Hummer), 11. YOUR MAN (feat. Patricia Smith), 12. IMPERVIOUS BLUE (feat. T.R. Hummer), 13. BLACK MAN (feat. Donald Brown, II), 14. PORTS OF SORROW (feat. Patrick Sylvain), 15. BRANCH LIBRARY (feat. Edward Hirsch), 16. THESE CURRENT EVENTS (feat. Kimiko Hahn)

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Trapeze

By SCENES

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: All Day Pass; Anomaly; Highwaymen; The Bridge; Pause; House of Ra; The Reckoning; Trapeze

ARTICLE: PROFILE October 14, 2020

20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Rick Mandyck

By PAUL RAUCH

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 1930's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW September 5, 2020

Scenes: Trapeze

By PAUL RAUCH

The storyline for the Pacific Northwest-based band Scenes began in 1983, when drummer John Bishop and guitarist John Stowell began playing together in Portland and Seattle. When bassist Jeff Johnson arrived in Seattle in 1989, he began playing a weekly trio gig with Bishop and tenor saxophonist Rick Mandyck. Stowell, already frequently traveling abroad to play ...

ARTICLE: PROFILE September 2, 2020

20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: John Bishop

By PAUL RAUCH

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 30's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

ARTICLE: PROFILE August 18, 2020

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of a ground-breaking album in their catalog of jazz, Origin Records reissues Speakin' Out from the Grammy-nominated Seattle-based trio with guest Ernie Watts on saxophones. The trio consisting of pianist Marc Seales, bassist Doug Miller and drummer John Bishop, were instrumental in developing the label's sound but, it was their 2000 and ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW March 6, 2020

New Stories: Speakin' Out

By JACK BOWERS

New Stories is a seasoned piano trio (and a very good one) rendered even more persuasive on Speakin' Out by the singular presence (on five of nine tracks) of renowned saxophone maestro Ernie Watts. The trio itself consists of pianist Marc Seales, bassist Doug Miller and drummer (and Origin Records founder) John Bishop. The wide-selling album, ...