Andrew Bishop Quartet at Blue LLama Jazz Club

Andrew Bishop is a versatile saxophonist, composer, improviser, educator and scholar comfortable in a wide array of musical idioms. He maintains an active national and international career and serves as an Associate Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he teaches applied jazz saxophone, composition and improvisation. He studied jazz and improvised music with David Baker, Jerry Bergonzi, Tom Fowler, Dave Liebman, Craig Owens, Ellen Rowe, Ed Sarath and Reggie Workman; saxophone with Donald Sinta and Jean Lansing; and composition with William Albright, William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, Michael Daugherty and Walter Mays...

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Andrew Bishop is a versatile saxophonist, composer, improviser, educator and scholar comfortable in a wide array of musical idioms. He maintains an active national and international career and serves as an Associate Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he teaches applied jazz saxophone, composition and improvisation. He studied jazz and improvised music with David Baker, Jerry Bergonzi, Tom Fowler, Dave Liebman, Craig Owens, Ellen Rowe, Ed Sarath and Reggie Workman; saxophone with Donald Sinta and Jean Lansing; and composition with William Albright, William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, Michael Daugherty and Walter Mays. Bishop earned five degrees in music, including a D.M.A. in music composition from the University of Michigan.

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