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Steve Swell

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Born in Newark, NJ, Steve Swell has been an active member of the NYC music community since 1975. He has toured and recorded with many artists from mainstreamers such as Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich to so called outsiders as Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor and William Parker. He has over 30 CDs as a leader or co-leader and is a featured artists on more than 100 other releases. He runs workshops around the world and is a teaching artist in the NYC public school system focusing on special needs children. Steve was nominated for Trombonist of the Year 2008 & 2011 by the Jazz Journalists Association, was selected Trombonist of the Year 2008, 2009 and 2010 by the magazine El Intruso of Argentina and received the 2008 Jubilation Foundation Fellowship Award of the Tides Foundation

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Frank Carlberg, Karl Evangelista & Benoit Delbecq

Read "Frank Carlberg, Karl Evangelista & Benoit Delbecq" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Thelonious Monk has always been a magnet for jazz pianists. Frank Carlberg's fascination with the mysterious Monk has led to a second recording with his large ensemble. It's called Elegy For Thelonious. San Francisco guitarist Karl Evangelista is one who tends to fly under the radar, but his recent What Else Is There?, recorded in Chicago, ...

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Jonas Kullhammar, Alistair Payne and Rich Halley Trio

Read "Jonas Kullhammar, Alistair Payne and Rich Halley Trio" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


This episode has a definite tilt to artists from Northern Europe with music from several different countries. Sweden's Moserobie Music catalog is featured in several tracks, particularly label founder and multi-reedist Jonas Kullhammar, while from the neighbouring Norway you'll hear music by saxophonist Andre Roligheten, bassist Dan Peter Sundland and the Bliss Quintet. Bassist Meinrad Kneer ...

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Steve Swell: Dances With Questions

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American trombonist Steve Swell plays to the strengths of his talented cast of improvisers on the sprawling multifaceted Dances With Questions, a three-CD box set which documents his three day residency at the 2019 Krakow Jazz Autumn. The center piece is the 70-minute title cut for a dozen musicians, but the album also includes two discs ...

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Mars Williams, Bro / Danielsson / Mazur & Andreas Willers

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There's a noticeable tilt towards new European releases in this episode, highlighted by Danish guitarist Jakob Bro with two of his idols, trumpeter Palle Danielsson & percussionist Marilyn Mazur for a new album, Strands; German guitarist Andreas Willers and his trio Derek Plays Eric, ratchet up the heat on their latest; Aut Records sent along new ...

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For Jemeel: Fire From The Road

Label: Rogue Art
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Improvised Music At The El Dorado Ballroom (Intro ByDave Dove); CD2: Junka Nu; Improvised Music At The Ballroom Marfa; Space Cowboys; CD3: Box Set; Junka New; Swimming In The Galaxy Of Goodwill And Sorrow.

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Dances With Questions

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Ullmann Harnik Swell Strom; Brano Zingaro Holmlander Nilssen-Love; Emmeluth Ullmann Swell Nilssen-Love; Trzaska De Backer Holmlander Strom; Zingaro Brano Coudoux Harnik; CD2: Holmlander Harnik Trzaska Ullmann; Brano Swell Coudoux Emmeluth; De Backer Zingaro Strom Nilssen-Love; Ullmann Swell Coudoux Holmlander; Trzaska De Backer Harnik Nilssen-Love; Zingaro Emmeluth Brano Strom; Finale Everyone; CD3: Dances With Questions.

Article: Album Review

Steve Swell's Fire Into The Music: For Jemeel: Fire From The Road

Read "For Jemeel: Fire From The Road" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Oltre tre ore di musica catturate in altrettante esibizioni live fra Texas (due, ottobre 2004) e Canada (la restante, settembre 2005) e oggi rese opportunamente disponibili sono ciò che ci offre questo triplo album composito ma per altri versi assolutamente monolitico. Lo firma un superquartetto, sempre quello, che attraversa i sette ampi brani (il primo occupa ...

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Kate Gentile, Swell / Tokar / Kugel & Richard Davis

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Drummer Kate Gentile's new Find Letter X is extremely inventive and original--one of the best of the year and featured in this edition. The new em>For The People Of The Open Heart by trombonist Steve Swell, bassist Mark Tokar & drummer Klaus Kugel is another exceptional release. Also new and notable are pianist Satoko Fujii with ...

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New Music From Sandro Perri, Eri Yamamoto, Steve Swell, Colette Michaan, And More

Read "New Music From Sandro Perri, Eri Yamamoto, Steve Swell, Colette Michaan, And More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On his show we feature all new releases from Sandro Perri's Off World, Eri Yamamoto, Steve Swell, Colette Michaan, John Scofield, Aruán Ortiz, Elsa Nilsson, Vincent Thekal & Fabian Fiorini Quartet, Chad Fowler, Adam Rudolph's Hu Vibrational, John Herberman, and Kate Gentile's Find Letter X.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Off World “Impulse Controller" from 3 ...


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