Michael Bisio (March 4, 1955

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, New York) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

double bassist, composer, and bandleader. Since 2009 he has been the bassist for the

Matthew Shipp Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford ...

Trio. Bisio appears on over 100 CDs, leading on 12 CDs and co-leading on another dozen. Bisio has composed over one hundred works which have been performed in clubs, concert venues, and festivals. They have been broadcast over assorted media. Most have been recorded; some were composed for films and theater, and one found was used in animation. In his book ''Jackson Street After Hours'', music critic Paul de Barros called Bisio one of the heirs to Seattle's earthy yet innovative tradition and marked his compositional style as "a spare, bluesy sound, the sweet- and-sour timbres favored by Charles Mingus." Bisio composed the music for Karl Krogstad's film ''Strings'' (1985). ''Beat Angel'' (2004), a film by Randy Allred with Vincent Balestri, features Bisio's compositions and improvisations. In his film ''Time & Object'', animator Bernard Roddy uses "Something Different" from ''Zebulon'' as the score. Bisio composed music for ''Music for American Voices: Bukowski, Micheline and the First Amendment'', a play written and performed by Vincent Balestri.

Discography

As leader

* ''In Seattle'' ( Silkheart, 1987) * ''Finger Wigglers'' ( CIMP, 1997) * ''MBEK'' (Meniscus, 1999) * ''Undulations'' (Omnitone, 2000) * ''Covert Choreography'' (

Cadence In Western musical theory, a cadence (Latin ''cadentia'', "a falling") is the end of a phrase in which the melody or harmony creates a sense of full or partial resolution, especially in music of the 16th century onwards. Don Michael Randel ( ...

, 2002) * ''Composance'' (Cadence, 2004) * ''Collar City Createology'' (MJB, 2009) * ''Session at 475 Kent'' (Mutable Music, 2010) * ''Three'' (

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, 2011) * ''The Gift'' (

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, 2012) * ''The Edge'' (Leo, 2013) * ''The Other Edge'' (Leo, 2014) * ''Soul'' (Leo, 2016) * ''Discovers'' (CIMP, 2016) * ''AM'' (CIMP, 2017)

As sideman

With

* '' Art of the Improviser'' (Thirsty Ear, 2011) * '' Elastic Aspects'' (Thirsty Ear, 2011) * '' Floating Ice'' (Thirsty Ear, 2011) * ''

Root of Things ''Root of Things'' is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, which was recorded in 2013 and released on Relative Pitch. It was the second studio recording by his trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Whit Dickey on drums. Reception In a ...

'' ( Relative Pitch, 2013) * '' The Gospel According to Matthew and Michael'' (Relative Pitch, 2014) * ''

The Conduct of Jazz ''The Conduct of Jazz'' is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp recorded in 2015 and released on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series. It was the debut recording by the trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Newman Taylor Baker on drums. Reception ...

'' (Thirsty Ear, 2015) * ''Live in Seattle'' (Arena Music Promotion, 2016) * ''

Piano Song ''Piano Song'' is an album by the Matthew Shipp Trio, led by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, recorded in 2016 and released on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series. It was the second recording by his trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Newman Taylor Bake ...

'' (Thirsty Ear, 2017) * ''Not Bound'' (Fortune, 2017) * ''Sonic Fiction'' (ESP-Disk, 2018) With

Joe McPhee Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is m ...

* '' Common Threads'' (Deep Listening, 1996) * ''

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'' (CIMP, 1998 999 * '' In the Spirit'' (CIMP, 1999) * ''

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'' (CIMP, 1999 000 * ''

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'' (CjR, 2000

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* '' Remembrance'' (CjR, 2001

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References

External links

All About Jazz
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