Gig Info

 May 24
 Spider Trio
 Wally Shoup-alto sax
 Jeffery Taylor-guitar
 Dave Abramson-drums
 Rendezvous
 10:30 PM

  June 13
 Wally Shoup Trio
 WS-alto sax, Gust Burns-piano
 Bob Rees-drums
and vibes
 Chapel Performance Space
 (50th and Sunnyside Ave.)
 8 PM


 

 

Mixed Media on Paper
by Wally Shoup


 

Feature Articles

Seattle Weekly 2007

Weekly2004-Seattle
WESTWORD (Denver) 2003
 The Stranger  Seattle 2001
 

Writing

Blues, Beats, Film Noir

Free Jazz as Punk
Re-listening to Touch
Reflections on nostalgia
and psychedelia
 
wallyshp@yahoo.com


 



Suite: Bittersweet-LP

Trio w/ Nels Cline
& Chris Corsano

Live at the Rendezvous

Spider Trio w/Jeffrey Taylor
& Dave Abramson
Limited edition release

The Levitation Shuffle

Greg Campbell, Gust Burns
& Rueben Radding

Immolation

Trio w/Nels Cline
& Chris Corsano

Blue Purge

The Wally Shoup Trio
w/Reuben Radding (B) and Bob Rees (D)

Confluxus

Trio w/Toshi Makihara
& Brent Arnold
Tom Djll's Liner Notes
David Keenan's 5-Star Review

Live at Tonic NYC

Quartet w/ Paul Flaherty
Thurston Moore
Chris Corsano

Fulsillades & Lamentations
The Wally Shoup Trio
w/ Reuben Radding & Bob Rees


Read Byron Coley's liner notes
To purchase contact:
www.leorecords.com
wallyshp@yahoo.com

Other CDs

Hurricane Floyd

w/Thurston Moore&
Toshi Makihara

Read Reviews Liner Notes

Rescue Mission

The Wally Shoup / Jeph Jerman Duo
Review in Cadence Magazine
Byron Coley's review in BBGun

Project W

  Seattle based improvising group with
Brent Arnold & Greg Campbell whose debut single madeCadence Magazine's 1996 top ten release list. Read Reviews

 

Wally Shoup is a compelling and passionate saxophonist and veteran free improvisor,having been involved in playing and organizing since 1974. He is among a handful of Americans who have devoted themselves exclusively to the practice of free improvisation.

During the course of his involvement with music, he has (among other activities):

Appeared with Project W as opening act for Sonic Youth on their Thousand Leaves Tour, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

Appeared at 2001 Vancouver Jazz Festival with Nels Cline

Played with a wide range of American improvisers: Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Jack Wright, Toshi Makihara, John Oswald, Nels Cline, Dylan Van der Schyff, Jeffrey Morgan and many others.

Played with European improvisers: John Russell, Alan Wilkinson, John Jasnoch, Paul  Hession, Mick Beck.

Toured Europe with dancer Mary Horn 1985.

Made a solo tour of England1993.

Participated in many festivals, including Du Maurier, Bumbershoot and Atlanta Jazz Festival.

Organized numerous improvised music performances, including the Seattle Improvised Music Festival and the Other Sounds Series.

Davey Williams Band

Featuring:Wally Shoup w/Davey Williams (Gtr)
Cliff McPeek (Trpt), John Burns (CB)
Recorded live at Virginia Samford
Theater in Birmingham 1996