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 AND US TOUR!
My new trio CD, 2009 (Better Animal Recordings), is now available! Read about it and get yourself one.
Also, see below for dates for the trio's US tour in September 2010.
Upcoming performances:
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 Dates:
Sep 9: Cincinnati, OH: Art Damage Lodge
Sep 10: Richmond, VA: The Camel
Sep 11: Raleigh, NC: Hopscotch Festival
Sep 12: Columbia, SC: 701 Center for Contemporary Art
Sep 13: Asheville, NC: Lexington Avenue Brewery
Sep 14: Lexington, KY: details TBA
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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