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As a drummer, educator, record label owner, graphic designer, and festival presenter, John Bishop has been one of the primary voices in Northwest Jazz for 40 years. He has performed in concerts and clubs with Lee Konitz, Slide Hampton, Benny Golson, Bobby Hutcherson, Ernestine Anderson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Sonny Fortune, Herb Ellis, Gary Peacock, Buddy DeFranco, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, and countless others. He’s appeared on more than 100 albums, including sessions with Hal Galper, Larry Coryell, Ernie Watts, Mark Murphy, Joe Locke, Bud Shank, George Cables, Ralph Towner, Teo Macero, and Jerry Bergonzi. He was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2008 and was named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association in 2019.

Album

Moment's Notice

By Clay Giberson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Upper Road; St. James Infirmary; So Tender; Mayreh; Poinciana; Speak; Beauty and the Beast; First Song; Moment’s Notice.

Song of the Day

Poinciana

November 14, 2026

Album: Moment's Notice
By Clay Giberson
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:57

Article: Record Label Profile

Calligram Records: Chicago Meets the World

by Mark McKergow
June 23, 2026

Chicago-based Calligram Records was founded in 2023 by trumpeter Chad McCullough and saxophonist Geof Bradfield. Three years and 34 albums later, they have emerged as an authoritative and varied voice for creative jazz from the Windy City and around the world. Their output ranges from small groups to chamber jazz to lively, horn-driven soul outings. With third ...

Article: Interview

John Bishop: A Multi-Dimensional Journey in Jazz

by Paul Rauch
March 9, 2026

John Bishop has spent the past 50 years traversing a jazz landscape that has been in a state of constant change. The music has continued to evolve at a rate one might expect from art in general, while the business end of it has seen radical change that most would consider a state of de-evolution. As ...

Article: Live Review

Marc Seales & Ernie Watts at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
January 28, 2026

Marc Seales & Ernie Watts Jazz Alley Seattle, WA January 20, 2026 The career paths of pianist Marc Seales and saxophonist Ernie Watts couldn't be more different. While Seales was becoming a local jazz stalwart in Seattle, the Los Angeles based Watts was making his way through studio sessions that included ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Seattle Jazz Fellowship: A New Age In A New Space

by Paul Rauch
February 19, 2025

The Seattle Jazz Fellowship, a 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting jazz and jazz culture primarily at the local level, came to life in a backroom bar in the city's arts district on Capitol Hill in October 2021. The city, the nation, the world, was just beginning to fully climb out of the social slumber imposed by the COVID-19 ...

Album

Influences

By Jared Hall

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Song for Shaw; Dear Roy; Professor B.L.; One for Wallace; Let the Children Dance; Beyond the Thorns; Harrell; Minority; Dream Steps.

Article: Profile

Xavier Lecouturier: Focus in Constant Motion

by Paul Rauch
October 7, 2024

In many ways, Seattle-based 26 year old drummer and composer Xavier Lecouturier typifies the plight of brilliant young jazz musicians on the horizon in the twenty-first century. While the talent pool in jazz music has never been more prodigious, it faces major challenges in terms of work availability and when it is available, earning a living ...