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, ...
NEW JEB BISHOP TRIO RECORDING!
My new trio CD, 2009 (Better Animal Recordings), is now available! Read about it and get yourself one.
Upcoming performances:
July 11, Hungry Brain: with Darren Johnston.
July 14, Hideout: Hamid Drake / Jeff Parker / Joshua Abrams / Jeb Bishop.
July 21, Hideout: with Darren Johnston.
As part of Okkadisk's Okkafest 2010, at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee:
July 24: The Engines
July 25: Ken Vandermark's Topology, featuring the music of Joe McPhee, with special guest Joe McPhee.
July 28, Hideout: The Engines.
On August 12, I'll have the honor of performing with the great Malian kora player Toumani Diabate at Millennium Park, with a wonderful new band, the Transilience Ensemble, featuring some of Chicago's finest musicians: percussionist Hamid Drake, bassist Joshua Abrams, guitarist Jeff Parker, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, flutist Nicole Mitchell, saxophonist Nate LePine, and cornetist Josh Berman.
August 15, Hungry Brain: with Paul Giallorenzo's GitGo.
August 19: Jeb Bishop Trio celebrates the release of the new CD, 2009, at the Velvet Lounge.
August 22 (TBC), Hungry Brain: with the Keefe Jackson Quartet.
August 28: with Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, at the Saalfelden (Austria) Jazz Festival.
August 29: Lucerne-Chicago Connection at the Willisau (Switzerland) Jazz Festival.
August 30: with Hamid Drake and Bindu at the Sant'Anna Arresi (Sardinia) Jazz Festival.
September 9-14: Jeb Bishop Trio US Tour, including a performance at the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC; details coming soon!
October/November 2010: European dates with Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet and with Hamid Drake and Bindu; details coming soon!
The new Engines CD, Wire and Brass, recorded live at the Hungry Brain in Chicago in April 2008, is now out on Okkadisk.
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