John Bishop - Walk Spirit Talk Spirit - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Carrying on a wide & varied career over several decades, it's from membership in several long-lived trios where, it could be argued, Seattle drummer John Bishop found his ultimate musical voice. With NY pianist Hal Galper's acclaimed trio over the last 15 years, the band Scenes with guitarist John Stowell for another 20, or the piano trio New Stories which started in the mid-80s, each provided a committed vision and a focus on the collective voice. With that, it's no surprise that Bishop would deliver another trio as the first album under his own name in 15 years. First meeting pianist Bram Weijters and bassist Piet Verbist in Antwerp in 2010 through trumpeter Chad McCullough, that quartet went on to do yearly tours, performing 100+ concerts, and releasing 3 albums over it's 8 years.

Master Portland guitarist John Stowell joins with the 8 year-old Seattle trio of John Bishop, Jeff Johnson and Rick Mandyck to create InchScenes,Inch a free-flowing collection of eclectic, mainstream jazz originals and new standards. Drawing on Stowell's longtime association with bassist David Friesen and the trio's involvement in the very fertile Seattle creative music scene that has included Julian Priester, Jessica Williams, Gary Peacock, Art Lande, Larry Coryell and so many more, this quartet creates an intelligent, elegant, modern recording for our times. Originally released in 2001.

First performing together in the early '90's, John Bishop's trio spent 8 years at a Seattle club where they developed their thoroughly melodic and fluid group aesthetic. 2005.