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:
October 12: Hideout, Chicago, with Hamid Drake, Joshua Abrams, and Jeff Parker (second set).
October 20: Strobe Session with Jeb Bishop Trio.
October 23: Harris Eisenstadt's Chicago Chamber, with Jeb Bishop, James Falzone, Nate McBride, Sara Schoenbeck, at Hungry Brain.
October 24: Harris Eisenstadt's Chicago Chamber at Chicago Cultural Center.
October 29: Jeb Bishop Trio at Sugar Maple, Milwaukee.
November 2: Umbrella Music Festival with Ab Baars, Jason Adasiewicz, Mike Reed.
November 4-7: Wels Unlimited Festival, Wels, Austria.
November 30: Jeb Bishop Trio at Hideout, Chicago.
December 18: with Darren Johnston at Hungry Brain, Chicago.
NEW JEB BISHOP TRIO RECORDING!
My new trio CD, 2009 (Better Animal Recordings), is now available! Read about it and get yourself one.
Jeb Bishop/Paal Nilssen-Love at the Hungry Brain, Chicago 6/5/2011 from Bethany Schmitt on Vimeo.
The new Engines CD, Wire and Brass, recorded live at the Hungry Brain in Chicago in April 2008, is now out on Okkadisk.
Read about some of my favorite recordings.
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