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.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 17, 1906 (Chicago), Died May 2, 1986 (Hilversum)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: drums, vocalist

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Recordings (Results 51-55 of 55 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca C 9474 10-in. 9/13/1934 Copenhagen-2 Earl Hines Orchestra instrumentalist, drums  
Decca C 9475 10-in. 9/13/1934 Angry Earl Hines Orchestra instrumentalist, drums  
Decca C 9476 10-in. 9/13/1934 Wolverine blues-3 Earl Hines Orchestra instrumentalist, drums  
Decca C 9477 10-in. 9/13/1934 Rock and rye-2 Earl Hines Orchestra instrumentalist, drums  
Decca C 9478 10-in. 9/13/1934 Cavernism-1, 2 Earl Hines Orchestra instrumentalist, drums  
(Results 51-55 of 55 records)

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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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113485

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