Michael Bisio (March 4, 1955

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...

, New York) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

double bassist, composer, and bandleader. Since 2009 he has been the bassist for the

Matthew Shipp Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford B ...

Trio. Bisio appears on over 100 CDs, leading on 12 CDs and co-leading on another dozen. Bisio has composed over one hundred works which have been performed in clubs, concert venues, and festivals. They have been broadcast over assorted media. Most have been recorded; some were composed for films and theater, and one found was used in animation. In his book ''Jackson Street After Hours'', music critic Paul de Barros called Bisio one of the heirs to Seattle's earthy yet innovative tradition and marked his compositional style as "a spare, bluesy sound, the sweet- and-sour timbres favored by Charles Mingus." Bisio composed the music for Karl Krogstad's film ''Strings'' (1985). ''Beat Angel'' (2004), a film by Randy Allred with Vincent Balestri, features Bisio's compositions and improvisations. In his film ''Time & Object'', animator Bernard Roddy uses "Something Different" from ''Zebulon'' as the score. Bisio composed music for ''Music for American Voices: Bukowski, Micheline and the First Amendment'', a play written and performed by Vincent Balestri.

Discography

As leader

* ''In Seattle'' ( Silkheart, 1987) * ''Finger Wigglers'' (

CIMP Creative Improvised Music Projects, usually abbreviated CIMP or C.I.M.P., is an American jazz record company and label. It is associated with ''Cadence Magazine'' and Cadence Jazz Records. The label is noted for its minimal use of electronic proc ...

, 1997) * ''MBEK'' (Meniscus, 1999) * ''Undulations'' (Omnitone, 2000) * ''Covert Choreography'' (

Cadence In Western musical theory, a cadence (Latin ''cadentia'', "a falling") is the end of a phrase in which the melody or harmony creates a sense of full or partial resolution, especially in music of the 16th century onwards.Don Michael Randel (1999) ...

, 2002) * ''Composance'' (Cadence, 2004) * ''Collar City Createology'' (MJB, 2009) * ''Session at 475 Kent'' (Mutable Music, 2010) * ''Three'' (

Clean Feed Clean may refer to: * Cleaning, the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment * Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt Arts and media Music A ...

, 2011) * ''The Gift'' ( Leo, 2012) * ''The Edge'' (Leo, 2013) * ''The Other Edge'' (Leo, 2014) * ''Soul'' (Leo, 2016) * ''Discovers'' (CIMP, 2016) * ''AM'' (CIMP, 2017)

As sideman

With

* '' Art of the Improviser'' (Thirsty Ear, 2011) * '' Elastic Aspects'' (Thirsty Ear, 2011) * '' Floating Ice'' (Thirsty Ear, 2011) * '' Root of Things'' (

Relative Pitch Relative pitch is the ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note by comparing it to a reference note and identifying the interval between those two notes. For example, if the note ''Do'' and ''Fa'' is played on a piano, a per ...

, 2013) * '' The Gospel According to Matthew and Michael'' (Relative Pitch, 2014) * '' The Conduct of Jazz'' (Thirsty Ear, 2015) * ''Live in Seattle'' (Arena Music Promotion, 2016) * '' Piano Song'' (Thirsty Ear, 2017) * ''Not Bound'' (Fortune, 2017) * ''Sonic Fiction'' (ESP-Disk, 2018) With

Joe McPhee Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is ...

* '' Common Threads'' (Deep Listening, 1996) * ''

Zebulon Zebulun (; also ''Zebulon'', ''Zabulon'', or ''Zaboules'') was, according to the Books of Book of Genesis, Genesis and Book of Numbers, Numbers,Genesis 46:14 the last of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's tenth son), and the founder of the ...

'' (CIMP, 1998

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* '' In the Spirit'' (CIMP, 1999) * '' No Greater Love'' (CIMP, 1999

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* '' Port of Saints'' (CjR, 2000 006 * '' Remembrance'' (CjR, 2001 005

References

External links

All About Jazz
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