Jeb Bishop

Jeb Bishop has performed, toured and recorded with groups including the Vandermark Five, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Terminal Four, School Days, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, Globe Unity Orchestra, The Engines, and his own Jeb Bishop Trio and Quartet. He also co-led the Lucky 7s project with New Orleans-based trombonist Jeff Albert, and is a member of the Boston-based cooperative quintet Cutout.

He has performed at venues and clubs of every size and description and at jazz and other music festivals throughout North America and Europe.

Here's a periodically updated discography.

(thanks to Clyde Smith).

Thrilled to announce that I got a 2026 Individual Artists Program grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events for a collaboration between the long-running band of German trombonists Matthias Müller, Matthias Muche, and me, and composer/improviser/performer Olivia Block.

We will be rehearsing and developing material in Germany this October and playing the below shows, including some recording. The church shows will feature Olivia on organ in the spaces, which promises to be an amazing sound with the trombones.

The plan is to bring the project to the US in (we hope) 2027. Big thanks to Chicago's DCASE for the support!

18 Oct, 8:00 PM: Concert at Exploratorium Berlin https://exploratorium-berlin.de/

22 Oct, 8:00 PM: Concert at LOFT Köln https://www.loftkoeln.de/

23 Oct, 8:00 PM: Concert at St. Petri Church, Wilstedt (in cooperation with KROMAT Brass)

24 Oct, 6:00 PM: Concert at Marienkirche Wallenbrück

Out now on the Fundacja Sluchaj label! Recorded live in Berlin, September 2022:

With:

Mia Dyberg, alto saxophone

Antonio Borghini, bass

Michael Griener, drums

October 2026 shows with JeJaWeDa (Jaap Blonk, Jeb Bishop, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter):

(coming shortly)

Here's the set by JeJaWeDa at the Wels Unlimited Festival, November 2025:

New hat Art release by Matthias Muche's Bonecrusher, featuring our adaptation of Johannes Bauer's composition Brass-Breath-Brisk. Recorded just after the Bishop/Müller/Muche trio tour in 2025.

Here's the Bishop/Müller/Muche trio's set at the Ulrichsberg Kaleidophon festival in 2025:

Out on Amalgam!

JeJaWeDa (Jaap Blonk / Jeb Bishop / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter) at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, March 2019:

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Jeb Bishop, trombonist / improviser / composer