ArtistInfo

Walter Bishop, Jr.

Band, 1927-1998 US
Jazz
A.k.a. Walter Bishop

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.

Members

	Randy Brecker tr, fh *1945 US
	Steve Khan g *1947 US
	George Young ts, as
	Mark Egan b *1951 US
	Gerry Niewood fl 1943-2009 US
	Ed Soph dr *1945 US
	Victoria perc, cng