Artist:
Walter Bishop, Jr. |
Apr 10, 1927 in New York City
Died:
Jan 24, 1998 in New York City
- Genre: Jazz
- Active: '40s - '90s
- Instrument: Piano
Artist:
Walter Bishop, Jr. |
| Wikipedia: Walter Bishop, Jr. |
Walter Bishop, Jr. (April 10 1927 – January 24 1998) was an American bop and hard bop 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,
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.
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