Jeb Bishop discography

Jeb Bishop is primarily known as an improvisational jazz trombonist. However he occasionally plays other instruments on both jazz and rock recordings as noted.

As leader/co-leader

  • 98 Duets (Wobbly Rail, 1998)
  • Jeb Bishop Trio (Okka Disk, 1999)
  • Afternoons (Okka Disk, 2001) Trio/Quarte
  • Chicago Defenders (Wobbly Rail, 2002) & Sebi Tramontana
  • Farragut (Lakefront Digital, 2006) w Lucky 7s
  • Pluto Junkyard (Clean Feed Records, 2009)
  • 2009 (Better Animal Recs, 2009) Trio
  • Wire And Brass (Okka Disk, 2010) w The Engines
  • 1000 Words (Driff Records, 2012) & Jorrit Dijkstra
  • Old Shoulders (Relay Recordings, 2012) & Tim Daisy
  • Other Violets (Not Two Records, 2013) The Engines w/ John Tchicai:
  • Green Knights (Aerophonic Records, 2015) The Engines:
  • Staffa (Breakfast for Dinner Records, 2015) w Long Sidewalks
  • Scratch Slice Jag (Out & Gone Music, 2017) & Dan Ruccia
  • Konzert für Hannes (Not Two Records, 2017) w Matthias Muche & Matthias Mülle
  • Three Valentines and Goodbye (1980 Records, 2018) solo
  • Re-Collect (Not Two Records, 2019) w Flex Quartet
  • Duo (Creative Sources, 2019) w Matthias Muche:
  • Flayed (ugEXPLODE, 2019) Trio w Weasel Walter & Alex Ward
  • Pioneer Works vol. 1 (Balance Point Acoustics, 2019) (w W Walter / DSmith / J Blonk):
  • Pioneer Works vol. 2 [cassette] (Balance Point Acoustics, 2019) & JeJaWeDa (w W Walter / DSmith / J Blonk):
  • Universal or Directional (Balance Point Acoustics, 2020) w Dan Clucas, DamonSmith & Matt Crane):
  • Centrifugal Trio (Astral Spirits, 2020) w Centrifugal Trio
  • Duals (Driff/Balance Point Acoustics, 2022) Trio w Damon Smith & Pandelis Karayorgis
  • Tells or Terrier (Not Two Records, 2023) Trio w. Joe Morris & Nathan McBride:

Collaborations

  • Joe McPhee / Jeb Bishop: The Brass City (Okka Disk, 1999)
  • Tony Bevan, Jeb Bishop, Michael Zerang, John Edwards: Nham (Foghorn Records, 2002)
  • The Engines: The Engines (Okka Disk, 2007)
  • Jeb Bishop / Harris Eisenstadt / Jason Roebke: Tiebreaker (Not Two Records, 2008)
  • Joe McPhee, Jeb Bishop, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Michael Zerang: Ibsen’s Ghosts (Not Two Records, 2011)
  • Jeb Bishop, Jaap Blonk, Lou Mallozzi & Frank Rosaly: At The Hideout (Kontrans, 2012)
  • Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio & Jeb Bishop: Burning Live At Jazz Ao Centro (JACC Records, 2012)
  • Cactus Truck With Jeb Bishop and Roy Campbell: Live In USA (Tractata Records, 2013) (trombone, electronics/fx)
  • Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio + Jeb Bishop: The Flame Alphabet (Not Two Records, 2013)
  • Polyorchard: Color Theory in Black and White (Polyorchard, 2015)
  • Polyorchard: Red October (Out & Gone Music, 2017)
  • Polyorchard: Sextet / Quintet (Out & Gone Music, 2018)
  • Polyorchard (Jeb Bishop and David Menestres): Ink (Out & Gone Music, 2020)
  • The Diagonal: Filter (Not Two Records, 2018)
  • Cutout: Cutout (Driff Records, 2020)


As sideman

With Atomic / School Days
  • Nuclear Assembly Hall (Okka Disk, 2004)
  • Distil (Okka Disk, 2008)
With Bathysphere
  • Bathysphere (Driff Records, 2015)
With Bonaventure Pencroff
  • De Fortune (Mz Records, 2014)
With Peter Brötzmann
  • Peter Brötzmann, The Chicago Octet/Tentet (Okka Disk, 1998)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Stone/Water (Okka Disk, 2000)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two, Short Visit To Nowhere (Okka Disk, 2002)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two, Broken English (Okka Disk, 2002)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Images (Okka Disk, 2004)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Signs (Okka Disk, 2004)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Featuring Mike Pearson, Be Music, Night (Okka Disk, 2005)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet + 1, 3 Nights in Oslo (Smalltown Superjazzz, 2010)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Walk, Love, Sleep (Smalltown Superjazzz, 2012)
  • Peter Brötzmann, Long Story Short (Trost Records, 2013)
  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Concert For Fukushima Wels 2011 (PanRec/Trost Records, 2013)
With Kyle Bruckmann
  • And (Musica Genera, 2001)
  • Wrack (Red Toucan Records, 2003)
  • Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack, ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (Singlespeed Music, 2014)
With John Butcher
  • Anomalies In The Customs Of The Day: Music On Seven Occasions (Meniscus, 2000)
With Chicago Edge Ensemble
  • Decaying Orbit (Lizard Breath, 2017)
  • Insidious Anthem (Trost, 2018)
  • The Individualists (Lizard Breath, 2023)
With Daniele D'Agaro, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Robert Barry
  • Chicago Overtones (hatOLOGY, 2005)
With Darren Johnston's Gone To Chicago
  • The Big Lift (Porto Franco Records, 2011)
With Bill DixonWith Harris Eisenstadt
  • The Soul And Gone (482 Music, 2005)
  • Old Growth Forest (Clean Feed Records, 2016)
  • Recent Developments (Songlines, 2017)
  • Old Growth Forest II (Astral Sprits, 2019)
With Exploding Star Orchestra
  • We Are All From Somewhere Else (Thrill Jockey, 2007)
  • Stars Have Shapes (Delmark Records, 2010)
  • Matter Anti-Matter (RogueArt, 2014)
With The Flatlands Collective
  • Gnomade (Skycap Records, 2007)
  • Maatjes (Clean Feed Records, 2009)
With The Flying LuttenbachersWith Frank Rosaly
  • ¡Todos de Pie! (Kontrans, 2019)
With Globe Unity Orchestra
  • Globe Unity - 40 Years (Intakt Records, 2008)
With Hamid Drake & BinduWith Eric Hofbauer's Five Agents
  • Book of Water (Creative Nation Music, 2019)
With Jason Roebke Octet
  • High/Red/Center (Delmark Records, 2014)
With Joe Harriott ProjectWith John Corbett & Heavy Friends
  • I'm Sick About My Hat (Atavistic Records, 1999)
With Jorrit Dijkstra's Pillow Circles
  • Pillow Circles (Clean Feed Records, 2010)
  • Pillow Circles Live Bimhuis Amsterdam (Driff Records, 2014)
With Josh Berman & His Gang
  • There Now (Delmark Records, 2012)
With Keefe Jackson Quartet
  • Seeing You See (Clean Feed, 2010)
With Ken Vandermark's TOPOLOGY Nonet featuring Joe McPhee
  • Impressions Of Po Music (Okka Disk, 2013)
With KLANG
  • Other Doors (Allos Documents, 2011)
With The Lightbox OrchestraWith Fred Lonberg-Holm
  • Site-Specific: Duets For Cello And Guitar (Explain:, 2000)
With Mike Reed's People, Places & Things
  • About Us (482 Music, 2009)
  • Stories And Negotiations (482 Music, 2010)
With Paul Giallorenzo's GitGo
  • Emergent (Leo Records, 2012)
  • Force Majeure (Delmark Records, 2014)
With Dan Phillips Quartet
  • Converging Tributaries (Lizard Breath, 2017)
With Predella Group
  • Strade D'Acqua / Roads Of Water (Multikulti Project, 2011)
With Paul RutherfordWith School Days
  • Crossing Division (Okka Disk, 2001)
  • In Our Times (Okka Disk, 2002)
With School Days And The Thing, Presented By Mats Gustafsson
  • The Music Of Norman Howard (Anagram Records, 2002)
With Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls
  • Breeding Resistance (Delmark Records, 2004)
With Terminal 4
  • Terminal 4 (Atavistic Records / Truckstop, 2001) (trombone, guitar)
  • When I'm Falling (Atavistic Records / Truckstop, 2001) (trombone, guitar)
With The TERRITORY BAND
  • Territory Band-1: Transatlantic Bridge (Okka Disk, 2001)
  • Territory Band-2: Atlas (Okka Disk, 2002)
  • Territory Band-3: Map Theory (Okka Disk, 2004)
  • Territory Band-4: Company Switch (Okka Disk, 2005)
With The Vandermark 5
  • Single Piece Flow (Atavistic, 1997) (trombone, guitar)
  • Every Tuesday At The Empty Bottle The Vandermark 5 Will Pour An Ocean Of Sound Into Your Bucket. Drink, Don't Drown. (Savage Sound Syndicate, 1997) (trombone, guitar)
  • Target or Flag (Atavistic Records, 1998) (trombone, guitar)
  • Simpatico (Atavistic Records, 1999) (trombone, guitar)
  • Every Tuesday At The Empty Bottle The Battle For Supremacy Continues: The Vandermark 5 Vs. Santo, El Enmascarado De Plata - Thinking On One's Feet. (Savage Sound Syndicate, 1999) (trombone, guitar)
  • Burn The Incline (Atavistic Records, 2000) (trombone, guitar)
  • Acoustic Machine (Atavistic Records, 2001)
  • Free Jazz Classics Vol. 1 & 2 (Atavistic Records, 2002)
  • Airports For Light (Atavistic Records, 2003)
  • Elements Of Style, Exercises In Surprise (Atavistic Records, 2004)
  • The Color Of Memory (Atavistic Records, 2005)
  • Alchemia (Not Two Records, 2005)
  • Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3 & 4 (Atavistic Records, 2006)
With The Whammies
  • Play The Music Of Steve Lacy (Driff Records, 2012)
  • Play The Music Of Steve Lacy Vol. 2 (Driff Records, 2013)
  • Play The Music Of Steve Lacy Vol. 3, Live (Driff Records, 2014)
With Zu
  • Igneo (Wide Records, 2002)

Rock collaborations

  • Metal Pitcher: A Careful Workman Is The Best Safety Device (7") (Merge Records, 1989) (drums)
  • The Angels of Epistemology: The Angels of Epistemology (EP) (Merge Records, 1991) (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboard)
  • The Angels of Epistemology: Fruit (Merge Records, 1995) (guitar, bass, other strings, vocals, keyboard, trombone)

As rock/pop/electronic sideman

With Olivia Block
  • Pure Gaze (Sedimental Records, 1999)
  • Change Ringing (Cut Records, 2005)
With Cheer-Accident
  • Enduring The American Dream (Pravda, 1997)
  • Salad Days (Skin Graft, 2000)
With Gastr Del SolWith In Zenith
  • Building A Better Future (Miguel Recordings, 1998) (trombone, guitar, bass)
With Markéta Irglová
  • Anar (Markéta Irglová, 2011)
With Simon JoynerWith Mount Moriah
  • How to Dance (Mount Moriah, 2016)
With Chris Mills
  • The Silver Line (Powerless Pop Recorders, 2002)
With Rian Murphy & Will Oldham
  • All Most Heaven (Drag City, 2000)
With Jim O'Rourke (musician)With PortastaticWith StereolabWith Superchunk
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