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Born in 1940,
white bassist Steve Swallow's credentials were already colossal thanks
to high-caliber tenures with
Paul Bley (1960-65), Jimmy Giuffre (1960-62), George Russell (1961-62),
Art Farmer (1962-65), Stan Getz (1965-67), Gary Burton (1967-70), before he
switched to the electric bass, playing it like a high-toned guitar,
almost a contradiction in terms.
He debuted with Hotel Hello (may 1974), a collaboration with Gary Burton.
His best work was probably done with Carla Bley, starting in 1978.
Steve Swallow (bass), Bob Moses (drums), Steve Kuhn (piano), Dave Liebman (sax) and Lyle Mays (synthesizer) recorded Home (september 1979), consisting of "music to poems by Robert Creeley" recited by Sheila Jordan.
Swallow (november 1991), with Soca Symphony, was perhaps
his best display of technique, but his solo work was mostly hampered by inferior material.
The New Standard (Rare Noise, 2014) features the trio of Jamie Saft, drummer Bobby Previte and bassist Steve Swallow.
The live Playing In Traffic (september 2008) and
Singular Curves (june 2012) document a trio with
saxophonist Ohad Talmor and drummer Adam
Nussbaum.
Swallow also played on Loneliness Road (june 2016) with pianist Jamie Saft, drummer Bobby Previte and rock vocalist Iggy Pop.
Saft, Swallow and Previte reunited for
You Don't Know the Life (january 2018).
A sextet with Mike Rodriguez (trumpet), Chris Cheek (tenor sax), Steve Cardenas (guitar), Gil Goldstein (piano) and Adam Nussbaum (drums)
recorded the nine untitled Winter Songs (september 2024).
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