Jazz Articles about Steve Swell

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Steve Swell: Planet Dream

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 27, 2009

La costruzione di un processo creativo condiviso è sempre stata la centro dell'interesse del trombonista Steve Swell, musicista le cui notevoli qualità di improvvisatore non sempre trovano il giusto riconoscimento. Planet Dream, in trio con il sax contralto di Rob Brown e il violoncello di Daniel Levin, si muove proprio sulla condivisione delle traiettorie improvvisative, sulla creazione di un obbiettivo espressivo comune che si nutre delle identità dei singoli musicisti per aprirne il lessico all'inaspettato. In questo senso, il preciso ...

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Gebhard Ullmann: Don't Touch My Music voll.1 & 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 20, 2009

La Not Two è una label polacca che oltre a testimoniare il meglio del jazz autoctono dedica grande attenzione alla musica creativa proveniente dal resto dell'Europa e, soprattutto, da Oltreoceano. Il catalogo che si è venuto a formare nel corso degli anni si è arricchito di testimonianze importanti con artisti quali Anthony Braxton, Satoko Fujii, Ganelin Trio, Mattew Shipp e Ken Vandermark Five, quest'ultimo con il fantastico 10 CD box Alchemia. E Alchemia è il nome del jazz club di ...

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Steve Swell: Magical Listening Hour & Planet Dream

by Wilbur MacKenzie
June 6, 2009

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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Steve Swell's Rivers of Sound Ensemble: News from the Mystic Auricle

by Jeff Stockton
February 19, 2009

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 ...

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Steve Swell: Rivers of Sound Ensemble: News from the Mystic Auricle

by John Sharpe
September 17, 2008

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 ...

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Steve Swell: Swimming In A Galaxy Of Goodwill And Sorrow and Live @ The Vision Festival

by John Sharpe
January 20, 2008

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

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Steve Swell: Three Sides of the Same Coin

by Jeff Stockton
December 8, 2007

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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