After our first gig, at Hot Club de Gand, in Ghent. The tour went quite well, by the way— the shows were all well attended, audiences were very appreciative, we got some good press, and […]
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Europe tour updates
Jazz Station, in Brussels Things are going swimmingly so far, with two gigs down, but it’s proving difficult to put tour updates on the blog, so if you’re interested, please visit my personal Facebook page […]
On tour
As you may’ve heard, because I keep mentioning it, I’ll be in Europe for the next 2+ weeks, starting now. Stay tuned for whatever updates I can make from the road— photos, video, and such. […]
2013 tour repertoire
Here’s a list of the tunes we’ll be working with on my group’s Belgium trip next week. We won’t end up playing all of this stuff, but it’s in the books. A little over half […]
2013 tour posters
All right, the posters for my upcoming Europe (well, Belgium, plus the outer tip of Germany and Luxembourg) tour are done! Here are the shows, once again, with times: 9:00, Tuesday, Nov. 12 Hot Club […]
2013 Europe tour
Hey, my 2013 Europe tour, my fourth, is coming up in November— exactly four weeks from now. We’ll be playing music from my record Little Played Little Bird, the music of Ornette Coleman, and some […]
Ballard Jazz Walk next Friday
If you’re in Seattle, hopefully you’re out going to all of the Ballard Jazz Festival events anyway, but my group will be playing at the Salmon Bay Eagles on Friday, at 8pm, as part of […]
2013 Europe tour taking shape
This way to Hot Club Dates for my November, 2013 Europe tour are starting to firm up: Tuesday, November 12 Hot Club de Gand — Ghent, Belgium Sunday, November 17 Hannut Jazz Festival — Hannut, […]
Another best of 2012 list
Another Best of 2012 list for my CD Little Played Little Bird, this time on the Bird Is The Worm blog, written by eMusic contributor Dave Sumner. We’re in the number 12 slot: So, take […]
LPLB makes a best of 2012 list
Dan McClenaghan at All About Jazz has included my record Little Played Little Bird on his Best Releases of 2012 list. He had this to say: “Drummer Todd Bishop is an underground treasure. He doesn’t […]
New CSD! book: 100 Grooves
OK, here it is, just in time for Christmas— our new book, 100 Grooves – vol. 1, is now available for purchase. It contains over 100 transcribed drum grooves by people like Elvin Jones, Ed […]
Riding into Paris
Operating on very little sleep here after driving back to Brussels after our Paris gigs, and organizing photos from that leg of the trip, many of which were taken with that jive Android “retro” camera […]