Chicago-based musician Jeb Bishop has performed, toured and recorded with groups including the Vandermark Five, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls, Terminal Four, School Days, Ken Vandermark's Territory Band, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, Globe Unity Orchestra, and his own Jeb Bishop Trio. He also co-leads the Lucky 7s project with New Orleans-based trombonist Jeff Albert, and is a member of cooperative quartet The Engines. Every year since 2001, he has been recognized as a Talent Deserving Wider Recognition (Rising Star) in Downbeat Magazine's International Critics' Poll.
In addition to numerous club and smaller venue performances during tours of North America and Europe, he has performed at jazz festivals in Chicago, The Hague, Victoriaville, Berlin, Oslo, Vancouver, Paris, Lyon, Lisbon, Seville, ...
Upcoming performances in Europe:
July 4: at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival, with Paal Nilssen-Love, drums; Tobias Delius, reeds; Johan Berthling, bass.
July 9: at Zaal 100, Amsterdam, with Jorrit Dijkstra, reeds; Frank Rosaly, drums; Jason Roebke, bass.
July 10: Jorrit Dijkstra's Pillow Circles project at North Sea Jazz Festival.
July 11: Joe McPhee, Johannes Bauer, Per-Ake Holmlander, Jeb Bishop: various trombones and other brass, in a tribute to Clifford Thornton, at Nickelsdorf (Austria) Konfrontationen.
The Engines have a forthcoming second CD, recorded live at the Hungry Brain in April 2008. Visit The Engines' website for a preview.
The new Lucky 7s CD, called Pluto Junkyard, is out on the Clean Feed label. You can hear some samples over at Jeff's site.
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