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Wally Shoup (1944-2024) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, painter, and author. Based in Seattle, Washington since 1985, Shoup was a mainstay of that city's improvised music scene. Seattle Metropolitan named him one of the 50 most influential musicians in that city's history.

ALBUMS


Wally Shoup
2x4tet
2024, CD, Right Brain Records
Briefcase Featuring Wally Shoup*
Briefcase Featuring Wally Shoup
2023, LP, Album, Magik Carpet Records
Wally Shoup, Ben Hall
Belgium 2008
2019, File, WAV, EP, Catalytic Artist Album
Wally Shoup, Greg Campbell (3), Greg Kelley, Bill Nace
One End To The Other
2015, LP, Open Mouth, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Wally Shoup / Bill Horist / Paul Kikuchi
Chemical Language
2015, CD, Album, New Atlantis Records
Wally Shoup & Paul Kikuchi
Aurora Distillations
2012, 12", Ltd, 250, Prefecture Music
Dennis Rea • Wally Shoup • Tom Zgonc
Subduction Zone
2012
Wally Shoup / Dave Abramson
Good Curse
2010, Cass, Ltd, C40, Sloow Tapes
Wally Shoup - Chris Corsano - Paul Flaherty
Blank Check
2007, LP, Album, Tyyfus, ,
Free Jazz
Wally Shoup - Chris Corsano - Paul Flaherty
Bounced Check
2007, LP, Album, Records, ,
Free Jazz
Nels Cline / Wally Shoup / Greg Campbell
Suite: Bittersweet
2007, LP, Ltd, Strange Attractors Audio House
Wally Shoup & Gust Burns
Duo
2007, CDr, Ltd, Tone Action Family
Shoup* / Burns* / Radding* / Campbell*
The Levitation Shuffle
2007, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Nels Cline • Wally Shoup • Chris Corsano
Immolation / Immersion
2005, CD, Album, Strange Attractors Audio House, ,
Free Jazz
Wally Shoup / Toshi Makihara / Brent Arnold
Confluxus
2004, CD, Album, Leo Records
Shoup* - Jerman*
Boulder 5-24-03
2004, CDr, Album, AARC
Shoup* - Jerman*
Denco 5-23-03
2004, CDr, Album, AARC
Wally Shoup / Paul Flaherty / Thurston Moore / Chris Corsano
Live At Tonic
2003, CD, Leo Records
Lost Valentine, Wally Shoup, Gregg Keplinger, Reuben Radding
1, 2, 3
2003, CDr, Sol Disk
Wally Shoup / Jeph Jerman
Rescue Mission
2001, CD, Album, Shrat Field Recordings
Thurston Moore / Wally Shoup / Toshi Makihara
Hurricane Floyd
1999, CD, Album, Sublingual Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Wally Shoup
Alto Sax
1993, Cass, Album, C35, Not On Label (Wally Shoup Self-released)
Wally Shoup w/ Doug Haire
Heater-Hop
1990, Cass, C30, Not On Label (Wally Shoup Self-released)
Wally Shoup / Doug Haire
Upright
1987, Cass, Album, Not On Label, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Wally Shoup
Alabama Duets
1987, Cass, Not On Label (Wally Shoup Self-released)
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Wally Shoup, Thomas Gaudynski, Jim Willett*
The Parrot's Regime
1986, Cass, Album, C90, Trans Museq
Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Wally Shoup
Dervishes Of Three And Two
1986, Cass, Album, C90, Trans Museq
Wally Shoup, Dave Milford, Mark Vale
Seattle Duets
1986, Cass, Not On Label (Wally Shoup Self-released)
Wally Shoup & Ted Bowen
Non-Aggression Pact
1985, Cass, Not On Label
Wally Shoup, Davey Williams, Doug Carroll, LaDonna Smith
Close Calls In Texas
1984, Cass, Album, C60, Cassette Documents
Doug Carroll, LaDonna Smith, Wally Shoup, Davey Williams
Lost Armadillo Sandwich
1984, Cass, Album, C90, Cassette Documents
Mary Horn, Davey Williams, Wally Shoup, Doug Carroll
No Way
1984, Cass, Album, C60, Cassette Documents
Doug Carroll, LaDonna Smith, Wally Shoup, Davey Williams
Imminent Celestial Vicinity
1984, Cass, Album, C90, Cassette Documents
Wally Shoup
Alto Sax Improvisations
1984
Wally Shoup & Ross Rabin
Scree-Run Waltz
1981
Wally Shoup, Dave Abramson
good curse
CD, Album, R&M Records (8)
SYCH
Lunar Roulette
2011
The Wally Shoup Trio
Fusillades & Lamentations
2003, CD, Album, Leo Records
Wally Shoup Sax Trio + One
Copaesthetics
2015, Cass, Album, Ltd, Num, C42, Monofonus Press, Astral Spirits
Spider Trio
Woodland Theater
2015, CDr, not on label
Ghidra
The Sound Of Speed
2007, CD, Album, Sol Disk
Spider Trio
Rendezvous
2007
Ghidra
Strawberry Skinflint
2004, CD, Album, Sol Disk
Stackpole
Stackpole
2001, CD, Album, First World Music, Nunatak
Project W
Obliquity
1999, LP, S/Sided, Shrat Field Recordings
Project W
Snake Legs
1995, 7", Num, Red, Apraxia
Project W
Project W
1995, Cassette,

APPEARANCES +


Wally Shoup
Over, Under And Out
2006, File, MP3, The Bike Bin Project
Various
The 1st Seattle Festival Of Improvised Music
2010, 3xCDr, Comp, Not On Label (Paul Hoskin Self-released)
Various
…And Shiva Came For Charlie
2008, LP, Comp, Ltd, Ri Be Xibalba, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental/Spoken Word/Free Improvisation/Ambient
Bill Horist / Ghidra
Split
2007, Cass, C20, PsychForm Records, ,
Noise
Thurston Moore / Chris Corsano / Paul Flaherty / Wally Shoup 4tet
The Roadhouse Session Vol.1
2007, CD, Album, 社会人, Columbia Music Entertainment, ,
Free Jazz
Spider Trio
Untitled
2006, File, MP3, 320, Ri Be Xibalba, ,
Free Jazz
Remote Control Frequencies
A Jules Verne Travel Promotion
2005, CDr, Ltd, Primecuts
Wally Shoup Trio*
Blue Purge
2004, CD, Album, Leo Records
Daniel Carter, Gregg Keplinger, Reuben Radding
Not Out For Anywhere
2004, 2xCD, Sol Disk
The Abodox
New Knife Of The Berserker
2003, CD, Album, Not On Label (The Abodox Self-released)
Rik Wright
Bleeding Laughter
2000, CD, HipSync Records
Craig Flory / Doug Haire
Wigwam Bendix
1998, CD, Album, Franchise Records (3),
Various
(Y)earbook Volume 1
1992, CD, Album, Comp, Rastascan Records, ,
Avantgarde
Rotcod Zzaj
SDRAWKCAB ZZAJ (An Improvisational Oddesey.....)
1989, Cass, C90, Zzaj Productions
Doug Haire
Synesthesia
1987
Various
Wer Mit Wem?
1986, Box + 2xCass, Comp, C60, Calypso Now, ,
Industrial/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
NAO*
Melodies
1986, Cass, C60, Sound Of Pig
Toner (5), Return From Earth
Toner / Return From Earth
1986, Cass, C90, Trans Museq
Various
Night Blooming Voices
1986, Cass, Album, C90, Trans Museq, ,
Free Improvisation
Solomonoff & Von Hoffmannstahl
The Element That Defies Description
1986
Various
Zamizdat Trade Journal Volume 4
1985, 2xCass, Comp, C94, Zamizdat Trade Journal, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Solomonoff & Von Hoffmannstahl
Swim Or Die
1984, Cass, C90, Not On Label (Solomonoff & Von Hoffmannstahl Self-released)
Various
The Wire Tapper 14
2005, CD, ,
Leftfield/Free Jazz/Abstract/Avantgarde/Glitch/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
Live At Eyedrum III
2001, CDr, Comp, ed Recordings,
Various
Great In Bed
1985, Cass, Comp, C70, Calypso Now
Various
Inter/Play 8
Cass, Inter/Play
Various
Inter/Play 11
Cass, Inter/Play
Various
Inter/Play 16
Cass, Inter/Play
Various
Inter/Play 33
Cass, Inter/Play, ,
Experimental/Contemporary