American jazz guitarist (1955–2008)
Hiram Bullock
Bullock in 2006
Background information Born Hiram Law Bullock
(1955-09-11 ) September 11, 1955Died July 25, 2008(2008-07-25) (aged 52) Genres Jazz ,jazz fusion Instrument Guitar
Musical artist
Hiram Law Bullock (September 11, 1955 – July 25, 2008) was a Japanese-bornAfro American guitarist known mainly for playing injazz funk andjazz fusion , but he also worked as asession musician in a variety of genres.
Bullock was born in Osaka, Japan, toAfrican American parents serving in the U.S. military. At the age of two he returned toBaltimore ,Maryland , with his parents and showed musical talent. He studied piano at the city'sPeabody Conservatory of Music , giving his first public performance at the age of six. After playingsaxophone andbass guitar , he took up theelectric guitar at age sixteen.[ 1]
Bullock attended McDonogh School for Boys inReisterstown , Maryland. He was captain of the band in middle school. He studied at theUniversity of Miami , where he met guitaristsPat Metheny andSteve Morse , and bass playersJaco Pastorius andWill Lee . He paid for tuition by performing at nightclubs inFlorida before moving toNew York . He became best known for playing with Lee onLate Night with David Letterman David Sanborn andBob James . His work can be heard onSteely Dan 'sGaucho Paul Simon 'sOne Trick Pony Sting 's...Nothing Like the Sun Billy Joel 'sThe Stranger (1977). He also worked withHarry Belafonte ,Marcus Miller ,Carla Bley ,Miles Davis ,Ruben Rada , andGil Evans .
He recorded as a member of the 24th Street Band, which released three albums:24th Street Band (1979),Share Your Dreams (1980) andBokutachi (1981). In 1982, he released his debut album,First Class Vagabond , which was exclusively distributed for the Japanese market by theJVC -Victor Company and later reissued on CD. Also in 1982, he was an original member ofThe World's Most Dangerous Band , the house band on the NBC-TV programLate Night with David Letterman . He stayed with Letterman's show for about two years. In 1986, Bullock released his first album as a leader forAtlantic Records calledFrom All Sides , followed by the albumsGive It What You Got in 1987, andWay Kool in 1990.
Shortly after the Atlantic albums, he recorded a few tracks from those sessions for a live event at the Indigo Blues Venue, in order to release it in Japan. His live band from the Indigo Blues sessions included Dave Delhomme (keyboards), Steve Logan (bass guitar), andSteven Wolf (drums).
On May 27, 2004, he teamed up with drummerBilly Cobham and theWDR Big Band for a performance of the works ofJimi Hendrix at the University of Cologne in Germany. An album of this performance was released posthumously in 2008.
He had his own signature model guitars made byCort , the HBS & HBS-II.
Bullock died on July 25, 2008, in New York City, at the age of 52.[ 2]
First Class Vagabond (Trio, 1982)From All Sides (Atlantic, 1986)Give It What U Got (Atlantic, 1987)PDB with Jaco Pastorius, Kenwood Dennard (DIW, 1989)Way Kool (Atlantic, 1992)World of Collision (Big World Music, 1994)A-014 (Jazz a Go-go, 1996)Manny's Car Wash (Big World Music, 1996)Carrasco (Fantasy, 1997)Late Night Talk (Venus, 1997)55 Bar Sessions with Haru Takauchi,Leni Stern ,Mike Stern (Paddle Wheel, 1998)Guitar Man (JVC, 2000)Color Me (JVC, 2001)Try Livin' It (ESC, 2003)Jam Jam/The Heavy Cats (& Forest Music, 2004)Too Funky 2 Ignore (BHM, 2005)Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix withWDR Big Band (BHM, 2005)WithCarla Bley
WithBrecker Brothers
WithBill Evans
The Alternative Man (Blue Note, 1985)Big Fun (ESC, 2002)Soul Bop Band Live (BHM, 2005)WithGil Evans
WithRoberta Flack
WithMichael Franks
WithBob James
Touchdown Lucky Seven H Joined at the Hip (Evosound, 2019)WithChaka Khan
WithDavid Matthews
Dune (CTI, 1977)Digital Love (Electric Bird, 1979)Guitars On Fire! (Bandai, 1996)WithMarcus Miller
WithIdris Muhammad
Turn This Mutha Out You Ain't No Friend of Mine! (Fantasy, 1978)Boogie to the Top (Kudu, 1978)Foxhuntin (Fantasy, 1979)My Turn (Lipstick, 1991)WithJaco Pastorius
Live in New York City Vol. 1: Punk Jazz (Big World Music, 1990)Live in New York City Vol. 2: Trio (Big World Music, 1991)Live in New York City Vol. 3: Promise Land (Big World Music, 1991)Trio 2 Live in New York City Vol. 4 (Big World Music, 1992)Jaco Pastorius in New York (Jazz Door 1993)Live in New York City Vol. 6: Punk Jazz 2 (Big World Music, 1998)Live in New York City Vol. 7: History (Big World Music, 1998)WithDavid Sanborn
Sanborn (Warner Bros., 1976)Promise Me the Moon Heart to Heart (Warner Bros., 1978)Hideaway Voyeur Backstreet Straight to the Heart A Change of Heart Close-Up (Reprise, 1988)Upfront WithSpyro Gyra
WithLew Soloff
Hanalei Bay (Bellaphon, 1985)Rainbow Mountain (Enja, 1999)WithBonnie Tyler
With others
Joan Armatrading ,Me Myself I Burt Bacharach ,Futures (A&M, 1977)Ray Barretto ,Can You Feel It (Atlantic, 1978)Wilbur Bascomb ,And Future Dreams (H&L, 1977)John Blair ,We Belong Together (CTI, 1977)Alex Blake ,Especially for You (Denon, 1979)Blues Brothers ,The Blues Brothers (Atlantic, 1980)Randy Brecker ,Hangin' in the City (ESC, 2001)Jonatha Brooke ,The Works Irene Cara ,Anyone Can See Terri Lyne Carrington ,Real Life Story (Verve Forecast 1989)Felix Cavaliere ,Castles in the Air (Epic, 1979)Linda Clifford ,I'll Keep On Loving You (Capitol, 1982)Freddy Cole ,Love Makes the Changes (Fantasy, 1998)Hank Crawford ,Cajun Sunrise (Kudu, 1978)Kenwood Dennard ,Just Advance (Big World Music, 1992)Ronnie Dyson ,If the Shoe Fits (Columbia, 1979)Art Farmer ,Something You Got Lisa Fischer ,So Intense Al Foster ,Mr. Foster (Better Days, 1979)Mike Gibbs ,Nonsequence (Provocateur, 2001)Dizzy Gillespie ,Closer to the Source Bunky Green ,Visions Don Grolnick ,Hearts and Numbers (Hip Pocket, 1985)Chris Hinze ,Word Sound and Power (CBS, 1980)Chris Hinze,Chelsea Bridge (Keytone, 1987) Adam Holzman ,Overdrive (Lipstick, 1994)Phyllis Hyman ,Phyllis Hyman Chuck Jackson &Cissy Houston ,I'll Take Care of You Al Jarreau ,L Is for Lover Billy Joel ,The Stranger Earl Klugh ,Crazy for You Wayne Krantz ,Signals Stacy Lattisaw ,Young and in Love Hubert Laws ,Say It with Silence (CBS, 1978)Will Lee ,Oh! (Go Jazz, 1994)Kenny Loggins ,Celebrate Me Home Kenny Loggins,Leap of Faith Darlene Love ,Paint Another Picture (CBS, 1988)Karen Mantler ,Karen Mantler's Pet Project (Virgin, 2000)Manzanita ,Echando Sentencias (RCA 1986)Jackie McLean ,Monuments (RCA 1979)Frankie Miller ,Dancing in the Rain (Mercury, 1986)Monkey Business ,Kiss Me On My Ego (Columbia, 2005)Airto Moreira ,Killer Bees (B&W Music, 1993)Meli'sa Morgan ,Still in Love with You (Pendulum, 1992)Tyka Nelson ,Royal Blue (Chrysalis, 1988)Eddie Palmieri ,Lucumi Macumba Voodoo (Epic, 1978)Les Paul ,American Made World Played (Capitol, 2005)Noel Pointer ,Feel It (Soul Music.com 1979)Wolfgang Puschnig ,Pieces of the Dream (Amadeo 1988)Lou Rawls ,Shades of Blue (Philadelphia International 1980)Nicole Renee ,Nicole Renee Nicki Richards ,Naked to the World (Atlantic, 1991)Philippe Saisse ,Storyteller (Philips, 1991)John Scofield ,Blue Matter Paul Shaffer ,Coast to Coast (Capitol, 1989)Marlena Shaw ,Take a Bite (Columbia, 1979)Michael Shrieve ,Transfer Station Blue (Fortuna, 1984)Janis Siegel ,At Home (Atlantic, 1987)Paul Simon ,One-Trick Pony Alan Sorrenti ,L.A. & N.Y. (Cool Sound, 2001)Source,Source (P-Vine, 1997) Candi Staton ,Chance Steely Dan ,Gaucho Jeremy Steig ,Firefly Steps Ahead ,Magnetic (Elektra, 1986)Leni Stern ,The Next Day (Passport, 1987)Mike Stern ,Neesh (Kenwood, 1983)Sting ,...Nothing Like the Sun Steve Swallow ,Carla Steve Swallow,Swallow Taj Mahal ,Like Never Before Tasha Thomas ,Midnight Rendezvous (SoulMusic, 2015)Narada Michael Walden ,I Cry I Smile Narada Michael Walden,Awakening Grover Washington Jr. ,Breath of Heaven James D-Train Williams ,Miracles of the Heart Bernie Worrell &Jesse Rae ,Worae (Luzuli Music, 2017)
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