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Steve Swell

Born: December 6, 1954

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 & 2022 by the Jazz Journalists Association, was selected Trombonist of the Year 2008-2010, 2012, 2014-2021 & 2023 by the magazine El Intruso of Argentina and received the 2008 Jubilation Foundation Fellowship Award of the Tides Foundation. The Downbeat Critics Poll selected him for the Trombone category in 2010-2018 & 2020-2023.

At Iridium 2004

By Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane

Label: Burning Ambulance Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: March 23, 2004 (Set 1); March 23, 2004 (Set 2); March 24, 2004 (Set 1); March 24, 2004 (Set 2); March 25, 2004 (Set 1); March 25, 2004 (Set 2); March 26, 2004 (Set 1); March 26, 2004 (Set 2); March 26, 2004 (Set 3); March 27, 2004 (Set 1); March 27, 2004 (Set 2); March 27, 2004 (Set 3); March 28, 2004 (Set 1); March 28, 2004 (Set 2).

Simon Rose, et al.: One Voice

by Mark Corroto
August 17, 2026

What is more American than jazz? Historians generally agree that the music was born in New Orleans, forged from African musical traditions, European harmony and Caribbean rhythms. Alongside jazz, baseball and basketball are among America's great cultural inventions. Yet today, none of these belongs solely to the United States. Japan captured the imagination of baseball fans ...

Vision Festival 2026, Part 2

by Luciano Rossetti
July 26, 2026

More photos from the Vision Festival in New York City from June 22, 2026 to June 28, 2026 featuring William Hooker, Alan Braufman, Ahmed Abdullah, Dave Sewelson, Eri Yamamoto, Bobby Zankel, Chad Taylor, William Parker, Jason Kao Hwang, Taylor Ho Bynum, Steve Swell, Rob Brown, Whit Dickey, Matthew Shipp, Brandon Lopez, Ned Rothemberg, Sylvie Courvoisier, Nasheet ...

Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane: At Iridium 2004

by Jack Kenny
July 14, 2026

At Iridium 2004 is a vast work. Cecil Taylor also leaves behind similarly vast territories of sound: the 10-disc Feel Trio recordings 2 Ts For A Lovely T (Codanza Records, 1995) or the monumental In Berlin '88 box (FMP, 1989). Within jazz, his music stands like a monolith--challenging and imposing. Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane's At Iridium ...

Steve Swell Quartet & Michael Foster / Chuck Roth Duo at P.I.T.

by Fran Kursztejn
June 19, 2026

Steve Swell, Michael Foster, Chuck Roth P.I.T.  Brooklyn, NY June 14, 2026 In the microcosm of the Greater New York Improvised Musics scene, Arts for Arts' Vision Festival, kicking off June 22nd at the Abrams Art Center in the Lower East Side, dominates the attention of artist and dilettante alike. While unlikely ...

Chad Taylor: He's Here, He's There, He's Everywhere!

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 14, 2025

Chad Taylor is so busy as leader, co-leader and special guest on countless new albums in 2025, that he--literally--seems to be here, and there, and everywhere (pretty much like Ted Lasso's Roy Kent!). Here is a quick guide to enjoy some of his current ubiquitousness.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. ...

A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 4

by Ian Patterson
August 5, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The fourth installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces four more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. The vast range of personal musical identities attests to the strength, depth and ...

Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations

by Mark Corroto
June 24, 2025

Violinist Jason Kao Hwang is the kind of collaborator every creative improviser dreams of having. His résumé reads like a who's who of avant-garde jazz, including partnerships with Butch Morris, Henry Threadgill, William Parker, Ivo Perelman, Anthony Braxton, and Steve Swell, among others. Hwang's musical versatility and deeply intuitive improvisational sensibility have made him a sought-after ...

Joëlle Léandre: Lifetime Rebel

by Neri Pollastri
April 21, 2025

RogueArt presenta questo cofanetto di cinque dischi interamente dedicato alla figura della leggendaria contrabbassista francese Joëlle Léandre, documentando la sua presenza al Vision Festival 2023, tenutosi presso il Roulette di Brooklyn, e aggiungendovi un concerto tenutosi pochi mesi dopo in Francia ed un DVD con un video nel quale l'artista suona alcuni brani in solo durante ...