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Steve Swell: Magical Listening Hour & Planet Dream
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Magical Listening HourLive @ Southstreet SeaportCadence Jazz Records2009 Steve SwellPlanet DreamClean Feed2009 While these two new discs from trombonist Steve Swell may exhibit elements of contrasting methodology, at the root of both projects is a somewhat utopian idealism, wherein humanity's collective process of identifying with sound leads us closer to more harmonious coexistence.
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by Jeff Stockton
Journeys. Greek religious artifacts. Oracles that send into the mystic. Trombonist Steve Swell and his Rivers of Sound Ensemble direct its stream-of- consciousness improvisations toward the deepest sea of musical inspiration it can find. Swell's Slammin' the Infinite piano-less quartet has been expanded before--on Live @ the Vision Festival (Not Two, 2007), when joined by pianist John Blum--but the band retained the essence of its swinging inside/out approach. On this date, trumpeter Roy Campbell joins the frontline ...
Continue ReadingSteve Swell: Rivers of Sound Ensemble: News from the Mystic Auricle
by John Sharpe
Steve Swell’s third release on the Polish NotTwo label moves the trombonist into new, though not entirely unfamiliar territory. On this occasion, his regular Slammin’ the Infinite band has expanded with the addition of trumpeter Roy Campbell to become the Rivers of Sound Ensemble. Hilliard Greene, who plays in Swell’s quartet with Gebhard Ullmann, takes over the bass chair from Matt Heyner, with drummer Klaus Kugel and reed maestro Sabir Mateen as holdovers.
More significant though is Swell’s dispensation with ...
Continue ReadingSteve Swell: Swimming In A Galaxy Of Goodwill And Sorrow and Live @ The Vision Festival
by John Sharpe
Trombonist Steve Swell was on a roll in midsummer 2006, as evidenced on the two discs at hand. June 15 found him in the studio with his Fire Into Music agglomeration, featuring saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, drummer Hamid Drake and bassist William Parker. Two days later, Swell's other working ensemble, Slammin' The Infinite, stormed the year's Vision Festival with a widely acclaimed set. Steve Swell's Fire Into Music Swimming In A Galaxy Of Goodwill And Sorrow
Continue ReadingSteve Swell: Three Sides of the Same Coin
by Jeff Stockton
Steve Swell's Fire Into Music Swimming in a Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow Rogue Art 2007 Steve Swell's Slammin' the Infinite Live @ the Vision Festival Not Two 2007 The Magical Listening Hour Live @ the South Street Seaport s/r 2007
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Continue ReadingSteve Swell - David Taylor: Double Diploid
by AAJ Italy Staff
Trombonista free dotato di una voce inconfondibile e di una tecnica sopraffina, Steve Swell è uno che non sta fermo un attimo. Uno di quei musicisti costantemente impegnati ad allestire gruppi, a pubblicare dischi con qualsiasi casa discografica e a sostenere con entusiasmo i progetti di colleghi e amici più o meno famosi. Negli ultimi anni il nostro è stato membro di svariate orchestre (la Little Huey di Parker, la Jus Grew Orchestra di Jemeel Moondoc, oltre ai collettivi di ...
Continue ReadingSteve Swell: Double Diploid & Live at the Bowery Poetry Club
by Jim Santella
Steve Swell · David Taylor Quartet Double Diploid CIMP 2007 Steve Swell's Nation of We Live at the Bowery Poetry Club Ayler Records 2007
Steve Swell exhibits the unique power of his instrument on these two albums of creative, avant-garde music. Since jazz was in its infancy, the trombone has remained unique due ...
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