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Biography
Walter Bishop, Jr. (April 10, 1927 & ndash; January 24, 1998) was an United States|American bebop|bop and hard bop jazz piano|jazz pianist .
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, California|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.
Discography
As leader
1961: Speak Low also released as Milestones ( Black Lion Records )
1964: Bish Bash ( Xanadu Records )
1965: The Walter Bishop Jr. Trio ( Prestige Records ) also released as Summertime ( Cotillion Records )
Blue Mitchell (album)|Blue Mitchell (Mainstream, 1971)
Vital Blue (Mainstream, 1971)
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External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6120|label=Walter Bishop, Jr.
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/ MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
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