Valerie Bishop (ValerieB Here on the Forum) - RIP

[Hardbopjazz]

Sad news. R.I.P. Valerie. 

[paul secor]

Yes, sad news. Condolences to her family.

[Soulstation1]

RIP Valerie 

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Edited August 21, 2017 by Soulstation1

[JSngry]

RIP. I could feel the love she had for life, no matter where it took her.

[BFrank]

RIP, Val. 

[Brad]

Sorry to hear that. RIP, Valerie. 

[Clunky]

sad news, RIP Valerie

[sidewinder]

So sorry to hear this. She had plenty of friends on this board. RIP.

[mjzee]

RIP.

[Cyril]

RIP Valerie !!!

[Scott Dolan]

Rest in peace, fair lady. You and I never got along famously, but did find common ground at times. And I'm grateful that we did. 

You will be missed. 

Edited August 21, 2017 by Scott Dolan

[GA Russell]

RIP Valerie.

[J.A.W.]

Sorry to hear this. Another good one gone.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Although I mainly interacted with Valerie in the electronic world, I did get to meet her a couple of times in person back when the Jazz Corner crowd organized "hangs" down in New York City. She was a funny woman who knew a little something about nearly everyone in the Jazz world. You'd bring up a name, and she'd have a story. I remember having a PM conversation with her about some session she mentioned she was at and I was amazed at her recall. The Jazz world lost a lot of great memories with her passing,

The thing about Val was that she was a friend to so many and an enemy of very few. If they can write that on your headstone, you did good.

And I have to say, I can't believe she was 77! She seemed so much younger. She'd get a good laugh at me saying that. I am going to miss her.

[JohnS]

Very sad to lose a board member..

[gmonahan]

Deepest condolences to her family.

 

 

 

gregmo

[jazzbo]

Sad news. My best to all of hers.

[clifford_thornton]

On 8/18/2017 at 8:20 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

Great pic.

RIP, Valerie.

[CJ Shearn]

RIP Valerie.  Very strange they changed her so much on the character based on her for the Tina Turner movie but not surprising being Hollywood.  I recall Valerie saying somewhere in the forums she had left that organization a long time ago.  Incidentally, the Buddhist sect I am a part of, Shinnyo-en gets mistaken many  times for the group Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Tina Turner belong to.

[JSngry]

On 8/18/2017 at 7:20 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

Rainier! Is that stuff any good?

[Cyril]

Valerie Bishop with Horace Silver

 

 

[CJ Shearn]

Love that photo of her with Horace.  Being a friend to many and enemy of a few is so very hard, I aim for that myself.  But unlike a few people who made tons of enemies on the board, Valerie was always very kind.

[mikeweil]

R.I.P, Valerie - thanks for your enlightening spirit on this board.

[B. Clugston]

Sad news. I'll miss her positive contributions to this board. RIP.

[bluenoter]

 

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On 8/15/2017 at 7:50 PM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Valerie's son's post:

. . . I will also list charities where you can make donations in her memory.

 

Apparently Valerie's son later posted these links:

http://jazzfoundation.org/
https://www.newportfestivals.org/our-mission/
http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/jazz-education
http://jazzbakery.org/
https://www.grammy.com/musicares

 

R.I.P., Valerie Isabel Paul Bishop   

Edited August 29, 2017 by bluenoter