Wally Bishop
Wallace Bishop (February 17, 1906 – May 2, 1986) was an American swing jazz drummer. Bishop was born in Chicago, Illinois. He started on drums as a teenager, studying under Jimmy Bertrand. His first professional gig was with Art Sims and his Crole Roof Orchestra in Milwaukee, which he joined in 1926; around this time he also played with Jelly Roll Morton, Bernie Young, Hughie Swift, Richard M. Jones, and Tommy Dorsey. From 1928 to 1930 he played with Erskine Tate and, following this, with the Earl Hines Orchestra from 1931 to 1937. In the 1940s he played with Jimmie Noone (1941), Coleman Hawkins (1943), Don Redman, Phil Moore, Walter "Foots" Thomas, John Kirby (1946), Sy Oliver, Sammy Price, and Billy Kyle. While touring Europe with Buck Clayton in 1949, Bishop elected to remain there, and found work both with noted European jazz musicians and with touring or expatriate Americans, including Bill Coleman, Don Byas, Ben Webster, Kid Ory, Milt Buckner, Buddy Tate, and T-Bone Walker. Bishop recorded only two pieces as a bandleader in 1950, with a trio, but he continued to record regularly into the 1970s. He died in Hilversum, the Netherlands, aged 80. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 55 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 73277 | 1/11/1946 | When I move to the sky | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74153 | 11/24/1947 | Beams of heaven | Mary (Marie) Knight ; Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74154 | 11/24/1947 | Up above my head I hear music in the air | Mary (Marie) Knight ; Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74155 | 11/24/1947 | My journey to the sky | Mary (Marie) Knight ; Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74160 | 11/25/1947 | What could I do | Mary (Marie) Knight | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74161 | 11/25/1947 | I must see Jesus | Mary (Marie) Knight | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74162 | 11/25/1947 | The land beyond the river | Mary (Marie) Knight | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74163 | 11/25/1947 | My heavenly Father watches me | Mary (Marie) Knight | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74166 | 11/25/1947 | Teach me to be right | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74167 | 11/25/1947 | I heard my mother call my name | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74168 | 11/25/1947 | Heaven is not my home | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74169 | 11/25/1947 | The natural facts | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74170 | 11/26/1947 | Can't no grave hold my body down | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74171 | 11/26/1947 | Lay down your soul | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74172 | 11/26/1947 | Precious memories-1 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74173 | 11/26/1947 | Family prayer | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 75221 | 9/1/1949 | Maybe it's because | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 75222 | 9/1/1949 | I'll keep the lovelight burning | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 75241 | 9/8/1949 | Do your duty | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 75242 | 9/8/1949 | Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | C 9461 | 10-in. | 9/12/1934 | That's a plenty | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | C 9462 | 10-in. | 9/12/1934 | Fat babes | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | C 9463 | 10-in. | 9/12/1934 | Maple leaf rag | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | C 9464 | 10-in. | 9/12/1934 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | C 9465 | 10-in. | 9/12/1934 | Rosetta-2 | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bishop, Wally," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113485.
Bishop, Wally. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113485.
"Bishop, Wally." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Bishop, Wally, 1906-1986 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007037705
Wikidata: Wallace Bishop - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1692121
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MusicBrainz: Wallace Bishop - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/51108278-a1d0-48a8-81a9-b974a46e52b0
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