Jeb Bishop (born 1962) is an

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player. He grew up in

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, and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He has studied music (classical trombone performance) at Northwestern University, engineering and philosophy at

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, and philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Arizona, Loyola University, and the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. In the 1980s, he played electric bass and electric guitar in rock bands including Stillborn Christians, Egg, and/or, and the Angels of Epistemology (a band based in Raleigh and Chapel Hill that released a CD on

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). In the 1990s, he moved to Chicago and began transitioning from rock to jazz music. He played bass guitar in The Flying Luttenbachers (a jazz/rock band) and a jazz group led by

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called the Unheard Music Quartet. By the mid 1990s he was performing in public on the trombone while also playing electric guitar (and trombone) in the Vandermark Five. He has also been a member of several of Vandermark's other groups including School Days. By 2000 or so he was focusing exclusively on trombone and formed his own trio, the Jeb Bishop Trio, with Vandermark Five cohorts bassist

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and drummer Tim Mulvenna. The trio has two CDs on

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, the second with guest guitarist Jeff Parker. Bishop has also performed and recorded with a great many other local, national, and international musicians. He is a member of the

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Chicago Tentet and has recorded duo albums with

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and

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. He has recorded and toured with English improvisers

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and

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. Regular Chicago collaborators include

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. In 2005, Bishop left the Vandermark Five and his live performances became infrequent. He cited problems with tinnitus; it was feared he had retired from music altogether. However, he became more musically active again the following year.

Discography

As leader/co-leader * Jeb Bishop: ''98 Duets'' (Wobbly Rail, 1998) * Jeb Bishop Trio: ''Jeb Bishop Trio'' (

Okka Disk Okka Disk is an independent American jazz record company and label founded in Chicago by Bruno Johnson in 1994. Okka began as a rock music label, but Johnson soon changed direction to record free jazz.

, 1999) * Jeb Bishop Trio/Quartet: ''Afternoons'' (Okka Disk, 2001) * Jeb Bishop &

: ''Chicago Defenders'' (Wobbly Rail, 2002) * Lucky 7s: ''Farragut'' (Lakefront Digital, 2006) * Lucky 7s: ''Pluto Junkyard'' (

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, 2009) * Jeb Bishop Trio: ''2009'' (Better Animal Recordings, 2009) * Jeb Bishop & Jorrit Dijkstra: ''1000 Words'' (Driff Records, 2012) * Jeb Bishop & Tim Daisy: ''Old Shoulders'' (Relay Recordings, 2012) With

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The Brass City ''The Brass City'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with trombonist Jeb Bishop recorded in 1997 and first released on the Okka Disk label.

'' (Okka Disk, 1997) With The Engines *''

The Engines ''The Engines'' is the eponymous debut album by the collaborative free jazz quartet consisting of saxophonist Dave Rempis, trombonist Jeb Bishop, bassist Nate McBride and drummer Tim Daisy. It was recorded in 2006 and released on Okka Disk.

'' (Okka Disk, 2007) *''

Other Violets ''Other Violets'' is the third album by the free jazz quartet The Engines, consisting of saxophonist Dave Rempis, trombonist Jeb Bishop, bassist Nate McBride and drummer Tim Daisy. The album documents a collaboration with Danish reedist John Tchi ...

'' (Not Two, 2013)

References

External links

official site
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