dr, 1906-1986 US, Chicago
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Wallace H. Bishop
Wallace Bishop (b. Feb. 17, 1906, Chicago, Illinois - d. May 2, 1986, Hilversum, the Netherlands) was an American swing jazz drummer.Bishop started on drums as a teenager, studying under Jimmy Bertrand. His first professional gig was with Art Sims and his Crole Roof Orchestra in Milwaukee, which he joined in 1926; around this time he also played with Jelly Roll Morton, Bernie Young, Hughie Swift, Richard M. Jones, and Tommy Dorsey. From 1928 to 1930 he played with Erskine Tate and, following this, with the Earl Hines Orchestra from 1931-1937. In the 1940s he played with Jimmie Noone (1941), Coleman Hawkins (1943), Don Redman, Phil Moore, Walter "Foots" Thomas, John Kirby (1946), Sy Oliver, Sammy Price, and Billy Kyle.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Sound Design 6 | Buddy Tate, Milt Buckner, Wallace Bishop | 2013 | Album |
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 13 | Milt Buckner, Buddy Tate, Wallace Bishop | 1980 | Album |
Midnight Slows | Buddy Tate, Milt Buckner, Wallace Bishop | 1977 | Album |
Midnight Slows | Buddy Tate With Milt Buckner, Wallace Bishop | 1977 | Compil. |
Buck Clayton & Friends | Buck Clayton & Friends, Hal Singer, Mickey Baker, Roland Lobligeois, Wallace Bishop, Joe Turner | 1966 | Album |
Jazz Giants | Milt Buckner - Buddy Tate - Wallace Bishop - Coleman Hawkins & Stan Getz Quintet | Compil. |