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 1-25 of 55 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-40820 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | Jazzin' baby blues | Jazz Wizards ; Richard M. Jones | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BVE-40821 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | African hunch | Jazz Wizards ; Richard M. Jones | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BVE-40822 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | Boar hog blues | Jazz Wizards ; Richard M. Jones | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BVE-40823 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | Who made you cry? (Sugar babe) | Jazz Wizards ; Richard M. Jones | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BVE-50523 | 10-in. | 2/25/1929 | Can I tell you? | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BVE-50524 | 10-in. | 2/25/1929 | Uncle Joe's stomp | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BVE-50525 | 10-in. | 2/25/1929 | My good man Sam | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BVE-50526 | 10-in. | 2/25/1929 | I can't be worried blues | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D4VB-0441 | 10-in. | 11/24/1944 | Together | Billy Daniels ; Phil Moore Four | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D4VB-0442 | 10-in. | 11/24/1944 | I'm gonna see my baby | Phil Moore Four | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D4VB-0443 | 10-in. | 11/24/1944 | Yip yip de hootie, my baby said yes | Phil Moore Four | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D4VB-0444 | 10-in. | 11/24/1944 | And her tears flowed like wine | Phil Moore Four | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D5VB-0083 | 10-in. | 2/7/1945 | A little on the lonely side | Phil Moore Four | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D5VB-0084 | 10-in. | 2/7/1945 | My dreams are getting better all the time | Billy Daniels ; Phil Moore Four | Male vocal duet, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D5VB-0515 | 10-in. | 7/27/1945 | Lazy lady boogie | Phil Moore ; Phil Moore Four | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D5VB-0516 | 10-in. | 7/27/1945 | As time goes by | Phil Moore ; Phil Moore Four | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Decca | 39356 | 10-in. | 2/12/1935 | Disappointed in love | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 39357 | 10-in. | 2/12/1935 | Rhythm lullaby-1 | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 39358 | 10-in. | 2/12/1935 | Japanese sandman-2 | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 39359 | 10-in. | 2/12/1935 | Bubbling over-1 | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 39360 | 10-in. | 2/12/1935 | Blue because of you-2 | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 39361 | 10-in. | 2/12/1935 | Julia-3 | Earl Hines Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 73274 | 1/11/1946 | Don't take everybody to be your friend | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73275 | 1/11/1946 | Tell the world to sing | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73276 | 1/11/1946 | How far from God | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 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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Wikipedia: Wallace Bishop
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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
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/49411288
MusicBrainz: Wallace Bishop - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/51108278-a1d0-48a8-81a9-b974a46e52b0
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