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Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940)[1] is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley.[2] He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar.
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 Steve Swallow, Moers Festival, Moers, Germany, 2012 | |
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| Born | October 4, 1940 Fair Lawn, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator |
| Instrument(s) | Electric bass guitar, double bass |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Labels | Palmetto, RCA, Atlantic, WATT, Blue Note, Winter & Winter, Verve, Impulse! |
Biography
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, United States,[3] Swallow studied piano and trumpet, as a child, before turning to the double bass[2] at age 14. While attending a prep school, he began trying his hand in jazz improvisation. In 1960, he left Yale University, where he was studying composition, and settled in New York City, playing at the time in Jimmy Giuffre's trio along with Paul Bley.[1] After joining Art Farmer's quartet in 1963,[1] Swallow began to write. It is in the 1960s that his long-term association with Gary Burton's various bands began.[1]
In the early 1970s, Swallow switched exclusively to electric bass guitar, of which he prefers the five-string variety. Along with Monk Montgomery and Bob Cranshaw, Swallow was among the first jazz bassists to do so (with much encouragement from Roy Haynes, one of Swallow's favorite drummers). He plays with a pick (made of copper by Hotlicks), and his style involves intricate solos in the upper register; he was one of the early adopters of the high C string on a bass guitar.
In 1974–1976, Swallow taught at the Berklee College of Music. He contributed several of his compositions to the Berklee students who assembled the first edition of The Real Book. He later recorded an album, Real Book, with the picture of a well-worn, coffee-stained book on the cover.
In 1978, Swallow became a member of Carla Bley's band.[1] He has been Bley's romantic partner since the 1980s. He toured extensively with John Scofield in the early 1980s, and has returned to this collaboration several times over the years.
Swallow has consistently won the electric bass category in DownBeat yearly polls, both Critics' and Readers', since the mid-1980s. His compositions have been covered by, among others, Jim Hall (who recorded his very first tune, "Eiderdown"), Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Stan Getz and Gary Burton.
Partial discography
As leader/co-leader
- Hotel Hello with Gary Burton (ECM, 1974)
- Home – music to poems by Robert Creeley (ECM, 1980)
- Night-Glo with Carla Bley (Watt, 1985)
- Carla (Xtra Watt, 1987)
- Duets with Carla Bley (Watt, 1988)
- The Life of a Trio: Saturday with Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre (Owl, 1989)
- The Life of a Trio: Sunday with Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre (Owl, 1989)
- Swallow (Xtra Watt, 1991)
- Go Together with Carla Bley (Watt, 1992)
- Real Book (Xtra Watt, 1993)
- Songs with Legs (Watt, 1994) with Carla Bley and Andy Sheppard
- Parlance (Instant Present, 1995) with John Taylor
- Deconstructed (Xtra Watt, 1996)
- Are We There Yet? with Carla Bley (Watt, 1998)
- Always Pack Your Uniform on Top (Xtra Watt/ECM, 2000)
- Noisy Old Men (Jam, 2002) with Mick Goodrick, John Abercrombie, Gary Chaffee
- Damaged in Transit with Chris Potter and Adam Nussbaum (Xtra Watt, 2003)
- So There with Robert Creeley (Xtra Watt, 2006)
- L'Histoire du Clochard with Ohad Talmor (Palmetto, 2007)
- Carla's Christmas Carols with Carla Bley and the Partyka Brass Quintet (Watt, 2009)
- Playing in Traffic with Ohad Talmor and Adam Nussbaum (Auand, 2009)
- Into the Woodwork (Xtra Watt, 2013) – recorded in 2011
- The New Standard with Jamie Saft and Bobby Previte (RareNoise, 2014)
- Loneliness Road with Jamie Saft, Bobby Previte and Iggy Pop (RareNoise, 2017)
As sideman
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With Rabih Abou-Khalil
With Carla Bley
With Paul Bley
With Gary Burton
With Art Farmer
With Jimmy Giuffre
With Steve Kuhn With Michael Mantler
With Paul Motian
With George Russell
With John Scofield
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With others
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References
- Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 384. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- Yanow, Scott. "Steve Swallow: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Morton, Brian, 1954- (2011). The Penguin jazz guide : the history of the music in the 1,001 best albums. Cook, Richard, 1957-2007. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141959009. OCLC 759581884.
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External links
- Watt/XtraWatt – the recording company run by Swallow and Bley
- Steve Swallow and Carla Bley video interview about Dreams So Real and working with ECM Records
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Stephen W. „Steve“ Swallow (* 4. Oktober 1940 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Bassist. Als einer der ersten Bassisten nach Monk Montgomery benutzte er Ende der 1960er Jahre die Bassgitarre, für die er mit adäquater Technik und einer instrumentgerechten, unterschiedlichste Einflüsse aufgreifenden Stilistik entscheidende Maßstäbe setzte. Er entwickelte einen vokalnahen, lyrischen Sound.- [en] Steve Swallow
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