Jeb Bishop

Trombonist Jeb Bishop is best-known while a member from the Vandermark 5, but was heavily involved with most branches of Chicago’s experimental music picture from the ’90s, from jazz to free of charge improv towards the avant-garde crossbreed genre post-rock. Bishop was raised in Raleigh, N.C., and began monitoring music at Northwestern in 1980, but came back to Raleigh after 2 yrs and performed bass with hardcore punkers the Stillborn Christians. While learning for a yr in Belgium, Bishop became thinking about avant-garde jazz, but upon time for Raleigh in 1985, he discovered no kindred spirits. Rather, Bishop founded a worldbeat-inflected indie rock and roll outfit known as the Angels of Epistemology, which he led from 1986-1989. He shifted back again to Chicago in 1991 and the next year, he started playing bass for the Soaring Luttenbachers, a punk-jazz clothing that included Ken Vandermark. Bishop remaining in past due 1994, becoming a member of the Vandermark 5 a yr later, which designated the very first time he’d performed out in a significant jazz context like a trombonist (he also doubled on acoustic guitar). As the group’s regional and nationwide profile grew, Bishop became a favorite program trombonist on Chicago’s post-rock picture, documenting with avant-indie luminaries like Stereolab, Jim O’Rourke, Gastr del Sol, and the ocean and Wedding cake. 1998 was a banner yr for Bishop: he documented with Peter Brotzmann’s Tentet, debuted his trio In Zenith (with cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and percussionist Michael Zerang) for the LP Creating a Better Long term, and released 98 Duets, which highlighted Bishop getting together with free of charge improvisers including Mats Gustafsson, Wadada Leo Smith, and Hamid Drake. In 1999, Bishop documented using the Vandermark 5 tempo section as the Jeb Bishop Trio, issuing a self-titled record on Okka Drive, and in addition duetted with Joe McPhee over the Brass Town. In 2001, Bishop documented another record for Okka Drive titled Afternoons.