- Walter Bishop, Jr.
Walter Bishop, Jr. (
April 10 1927 –January 24 1998 ) was an American bop andhard bop jazz pianist.He was the son of composer
Walter Bishop, Sr. . In high school his friends includedKenny Drew ,Sonny Rollins , andArt Taylor . He began his musical career afterWorld War II , and played and recorded withArt Blakey ,Charlie Parker ,Oscar Pettiford ,Kai Winding ,Miles Davis ,Jackie McLean ,Curtis Fuller ,Terry Gibbs ,Clark Terry ,Blue Mitchell , andSupersax . In the early 1960s he also led his own trio withJimmy Garrison andG. T. Hogan . He continued performing into the 1990s.After studying at
The Juilliard School withHall Overton in the late 1960s, he taught music theory at colleges in Los Angeles in the 1970s. In 1983 he began teaching atThe Hartt School of theUniversity of Hartford . He also wrote a book, "A Study in Fourths", about jazzimprovisation based on cycles of fourths and fifths.elect Discography
* "
Bish Bash " (1964;Xanadu Records )
* "Coral Keys" (1972;Black Jazz Records )Sources
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* [http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/ MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music]
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