Walter Bishop Jr. (October 4, 1927 – January 24, 1998) was an American jazz pianist.
15-469: Bish Bash is an album by pianist Walter Bishop Jr. that was recorded in 1964 and 1968 and released on the Xanadu label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow recommended the album awarding it 4 stars and stating: "the two obscure sessions on this Xanadu set were pianist Walter Bishop Jr.'s only dates as a leader during the 1964-70 period... Throughout, Walter Bishop Jr. plays at his most creative, extending
30-617: A pioneer of the ride cymbal timekeeping that became the signature for bop and most jazz to follow) while the brass and reeds took breaks. When they decided to become a working group in their own right, around 1950, the foursome was known at first as the Milt Jackson Quartet, becoming the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) in 1952. By that time Percy Heath had replaced Ray Brown. Known at first for featuring Jackson's blues-heavy improvisations almost exclusively, in time
45-590: Is a jazz standard ("Bags" was a nickname given to him by a bass player in Detroit. "Bags" referred to the bags under his eyes). He was featured on the NPR radio program Jazz Profiles . Some of his other signature compositions include "The Late, Late Blues" (for his album with Coltrane, Bags & Trane ), "Bluesology" (an MJQ staple), and "Bags & Trane". Jackson died of liver cancer in Manhattan, New York, at
60-1128: The 1960s. He continued performing into the 1990s. Bishop died of a heart attack at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan on January 24, 1998. He was survived by his wife, Keiko; his mother, and two sisters. Bishop was influenced at an early stage by Bud Powell . Later, Bishop was "known for holding back on the beat, a device that added tension to the music." With Gene Ammons With Shorty Baker and Doc Cheatham With Art Blakey With Rocky Boyd With Miles Davis With Kenny Dorham With Curtis Fuller With John Handy With Bill Hardman With Milt Jackson With Ken McIntyre With Jackie McLean With Blue Mitchell With Hank Mobley With Charlie Parker With Oscar Pettiford With Dizzy Reece With Charlie Rouse With Archie Shepp With Sonny Stitt With Harold Vick With Stan Getz Zoot Sims etc. Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed " Bags ",
75-476: The bebop tradition during the enjoyable performances". All compositions by Walter Bishop Jr. except where noted. Walter Bishop Jr. Bishop was born in New York City on October 4, 1927. He had at least two sisters, Marian and Beverly. His father was composer Walter Bishop Sr. In his teens, Bishop Jr.'s friends included future jazz musicians Kenny Drew , Sonny Rollins , and Art Taylor . He
90-674: The group came to split the difference between these and Lewis's more ambitious musical ideas. Lewis had become the group's musical director by 1955, the year Clarke departed in favour of Connie Kay , boiling the quartet down to a chamber jazz style, that highlighted the lyrical tension between Lewis's mannered, but roomy, compositions, and Jackson's unapologetic swing. The MJQ had a long independent career of some two decades until disbanding in 1974, when Jackson split with Lewis. The group reformed in 1981, however, and continued until 1993, after which Jackson toured alone, performing in various small combos, although agreeing to periodic MJQ reunions. From
105-571: The late 1960s, Bishop taught music theory at colleges in Los Angeles in the 1970s. At some point prior to moving from New York to Los Angeles, Bishop met and married the former Valerie Isabel Paul. They then moved to Los Angeles. According Jay Blotcher , Valerie Bishop's son from a previous relationship, after divorcing Walter Bishop in the mid-1970s, Valerie Bishop worked as an assistant for Ike and Tina Turner in California. Valerie Bishop
120-501: The mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Jackson recorded for Norman Granz 's Pablo Records , including Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company (1983), featuring Jackson with J. J. Johnson on trombone, Ray Brown on bass, backed by Tom Ranier on piano, guitarist John Collins , and drummer Roy McCurdy . In 1989, Jackson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the Berklee College of Music . His composition " Bags' Groove "
135-573: The most important figures in jazz of the era, including Woody Herman , Howard McGhee , Thelonious Monk , and Charlie Parker . In the Gillespie big band, Jackson fell into a pattern that led to the founding of the Modern Jazz Quartet: Gillespie maintained a former swing tradition of a small group within a big band, and his included Jackson, pianist John Lewis , bassist Ray Brown , and drummer Kenny Clarke (considered
150-526: Was also a drug addict, which led to imprisonment and the withdrawal of his New York City Cabaret Card . In 1956, he recorded with Hank Mobley . According to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, "at some point he became a Muslim and took the name Ibrahim ibn Ismail, but he did not use this publicly." In the early 1960s he also led his own trio with Jimmy Garrison and G. T. Hogan . After studying at The Juilliard School with Hall Overton in
165-477: Was an American jazz vibraphonist . He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with hard bop and post-bop players. A very expressive player, Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm. He was particularly fond of the twelve-bar blues at slow tempos. On occasion, Jackson also sang and played piano. Jackson
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#1732791226968180-590: Was born on January 1, 1923, in Detroit, Michigan , United States, the son of Manley Jackson and Lillie Beaty Jackson. Like many of his contemporaries, he was surrounded by music from an early age, particularly that of religious meetings: "Everyone wants to know where I got that funky style. Well, it came from church. The music I heard was open, relaxed, impromptu soul music" (quoted in Nat Hentoff 's liner notes to Plenty, Plenty Soul ). He started on guitar when he
195-773: Was brought up in Harlem . He left high school to play in dance bands in the area. In 1945–47 he was in the Army Air Corps. During his military service in 1947 Bishop was based near St Louis and met touring bebop musicians. Later in 1947, he returned to New York. That year (or 1949 ) he was part of drummer Art Blakey 's band for 14 weeks and recorded with them. Bishop developed his bebop playing in part by playing in jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse . He recorded with Milt Jackson and Stan Getz in 1949, then played with Charlie Parker (1951–54), Oscar Pettiford , Kai Winding , and Miles Davis (1951–53). At this time he
210-624: Was cited by Tina Turner in Turner's memoir I, Tina as the person who inspired Turner to pursue Buddhism. In the 1980s, Bishop taught at the University of Hartford . By this time, he made frequent appearances at clubs and festivals in New York. He also wrote a book, A Study in Fourths , about jazz improvisation based on cycles of fourths and fifths. His debut recording as a leader was in
225-648: Was seven, and then on piano at 11. While attending Miller High School, he played drums in addition to timpani and violin and also sang in the choir. At 16, he sang professionally in a local touring gospel quartet called the Evangelist Singers. He took up the vibraphone at 16 after hearing Lionel Hampton play the instrument in Benny Goodman 's band. Jackson was discovered by Dizzy Gillespie , who hired him for his sextet in 1945, then his larger ensembles. Jackson quickly acquired experience working with
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