Jeff Bishop

Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls - Breeding Resistance (2004) {Delmark DG-551}
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© 2004 Delmark Records | DG-551
Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Creative

Drummer, composer, and bandleader Ted Sirota is a passionate young man who lives his political, social, and cultural convictions through his music with his Rebel Souls musical outfit. On his first outing for the Delmark label, Sirota and his longtime mate, guitarist Jeff Parker, who emigrated from the Berklee College of Music to Chicago with him, turns in one of the most inspiring, integrational "jazz" performances since Charlie Haden's first Liberation Music Orchestra album. There are 11 tunes on the set, five of which were composed by Sirota, and the rest by bandmembers Jeff Parker, saxophonist Geof Bradfield, trombonist Jeb Bishop, and bassist Clark Sommers.

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Hal Galper Trio - The Zone: Live at the Yardbird Suite (2019) {Origin Records ‎ORIGIN 82793}
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© 2019 Origin Records ‎| ORIGIN 82793
Jazz / Post Bop / Piano

It’s not often that seasoned jazz musicians find one of their own recordings truly revelatory in hindsight. Yet here’s a striking example. As acclaimed veteran pianist Hal Galper recalls in his CD liner notes, he had no intention of releasing this live 2016 trio session with bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop until he heard a playback and found himself wondering, “Who is this pianist?” To Galper, the playback revealed such a heightened level of trio interplay, not fully appreciated during the performance, that he arranged for it to be released on CD and dubbed, aptly enough, The Zone. It’s hard to imagine Galper devotees or, more broadly, jazz piano trio fans faulting the decision.