Wally Shoup
Wally Shoup (* 1944 in North Carolina ) is an American alto saxophonist who specializes in free jazz and free improvisation .
Shoup grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and worked as a teacher. In the late 1960s, he moved first to Atlanta , Georgia , and then to Colorado . At the end of the 1960s he began to be interested in free improvisation and initially pursued it as a jazz presenter on a local radio station, then began playing the saxophone with his first appearances in 1975. In his music, he combined free jazz and noise. His first album Scree-Run Waltz was released in 1981 (a duo with Ross Rabin). In 1983 he moved to Birmingham, Alabama , played with Trans Duo by LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams , wrote for Improvisor magazine and toured Europe in 1985 with dancer Mary Horn. In the same year he moved to Seattle , where he founded the Improvised Music Festival in 1985 (which takes place regularly in February). It still exists (2013) in Seattle and is co-organized by Shoup.
In 1994 he founded Project Y with cellist Brent Arnold with a CD of the same name in 1994 at Apraxia. He also released two CD's with Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth (Hurricane Floyd 1994, Live at Tonic 2003 in a quartet with Paul Flaherty , Chris Corsano ) and two with Nels Cline from the alternative rock band Wilco (Immolation / Immersion 2005, Suite: Bittersweet 2007).
In 2001 he founded the Wally Shoup Trio with Reuben Radding (bass) and Bob Rees (drums) and he also has a quartet.
In 2011 his book Music as Adventure (Nine Muse Books) was published.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shoup, Wally |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Carolina |