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Valerie Bishop (ValerieB Here on the Forum) - RIP


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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.

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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.

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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  26541672736_e6d23f73f4_o.jpg 

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