Walter Bishop, Jr.
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American jazz pianist and composer. Born : October 04, 1927 in New York City, New York. Died : January 24, 1998 in New York City, New York. He was the son of composer Walter Bishop, Sr.. In high school his friends included Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Art Taylor. He began his musical career after World War II, and played and recorded with Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Curtis Fuller, Terry Gibbs, Clark Terry, Blue Mitchell, and Supersax. In the early 1960s he also led his own trio with Jimmy Garrison and G. T. Hogan. He continued performing into the 1990s. After studying at The Juilliard School with Hall Overton in the late 1960s, he taught music theory at colleges in Los Angeles in the 1970s. In 1983 he began teaching at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He also wrote a book, A Study in Fourths, about jazz improvisation based on cycles of fourths and fifths.
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Участие в группах:
- The Miles Davis Sextet
- Miles Davis All Stars
- The Charlie Parker Quintet
- Charlie Parker's Jazzers
- Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
- Charlie Parker And His Orchestra
- Tubby Hayes And The All Stars
- Walter Bishop, Jr.'s 4th Cycle
- Art Blakey's Big Band
- Sonny Rollins Quartet
- The Hank Mobley Quintet
- Charlie Parker With Strings
- Stan Getz Tenor Sax Stars
- Miles Davis And His Band
- The Kenny Dorham Quintet
- Sonny Stitt & The Giants
- Charlie Rouse Quintet
- Paris Reunion Band
- Oscar Pettiford And His Jazz Groups
- The Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio
- The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
- Milton Jackson And His New Group
- Milt Jackson Septet
- The Rocky Boyd Quintet
- Art Blakey's Band
- The Jazz Tribe (2)
- Miles Davis And His Cool Wailers
- The Walter Bishop Jr. Group
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Walter Bishop, Jr.
Album, Remastered
Eric Dolphy
Compilation