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Steve Swallow
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz bassist and composer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-10-04
avant-garde jazzfree jazzjazzjazz and bluesjazz fusionpost-bop
Discography
- We Could Be Flying1974
- Hotel Hello1975
- Unexpected1978
- Home1980
- Night-glo1985
- Duets1988
- The Life of a Trio: Saturday1990
- The Life of a Trio: Sunday1990
- Fly Away Little Bird1992
- Swallow1992
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- Listeners
- 10,981
- Total plays
- 76,737
Tags
jazzbassECMcontemporary jazzjazz bass
Steve Swallow (born October 4th, 1940 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey) is a jazz bass guitarist and composer. As a child, Swallow studied piano and trumpet before turning to the double bass at age 14. While attending a preparatory school, he began trying his hand in jazz improvisation. In 1960 he left Yale, where he was studying composition, and settled in New York City, playing at the time in Jimmy Giuffre's trio along with Paul Bley. Since joining Art Farmer's quartet in 1964, Swallow began to write
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fair Lawn
- Spouse
- Carla Bley
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Employer
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz fusion
- Instrument
- bass
- Record label
- ECM Records
- Official website
- www.wattxtrawatt.com
- Image
- Steve Swallow.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-10-04
- Commons category
- Steve Swallow
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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