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Steve Swell: Fire Into Music
by Andrey Henkin
The fascinating thing about this album is that trombonist Steve Swell, ostensibly the leader of the Fire Into Music Quartet with saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake, didn't know this record (an LP) was being made until he received a copy. Business issues subsequently were worked out and the release is official ...
Slammin' the Infinite
By Steve Swell
Label: CJR
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. With the Morning, Hope 2. East Village Meet and Greet 3. Box Set 4. Dresden Art Maneuvers 5. Slammin' the Infinite 6. Voices from the Asphalt 7. For Frank Lowe
Steve Swell: Slammin' the Infinite
by AAJ Staff
By Ken Waxman A note from New York's Lower East Side underground, this fine session shows that the spirit of experimentation still shines brightly whether the sounds are called avant-garde, the new thing, or ecstatic jazz. Two Little Huey Creative Orchestra members, trombonist Steve Swell and reedist Sabir Mateen, are featured on ...
Steve Swell: Slammin' the Infinite
by Brian P. Lonergan
Trombonist Steve Swell's latest album is an appealing free jazz set, by turns reflective and raucous. Swell's original compositions are brought to life by the animated playing of his quartet, which includes Sabir Mateen on reeds and flute, Matthew Heyner on bass, and Klaus Kugel on drums. The opening track of Slammin' the Infinite, “With the ...
Steve Swell's Slammin' The Infinite Quartet at Cafe Wilhelmina in Eindhoven
by John Sharpe
Steve Swell's Slammin' The Infinite Quartet Café Wilhelmina Eindhoven, Netherlands April 18, 2005 Without fanfare, Steve Swell has become one of the leading proponents of the trombone in free jazz circles and a fixture of the NY Lower East Side scene, featuring in bands such as William Parker's Little Huey ...
Still In Movement
By Steve Swell
Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Moon Gem/ Twilight in the Wilderness (for Frederic Church)/ Walking the Ashcroft/ Dance of the Stratonauts/ Zoron/ Raura/ Nimbus Suite/ Transitory Nature of Shapes, Colors and Other Real Unreal Experience/ Sky Poem.
Invisible Cities
By Steve Swell
Label: Drimala Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Careful Little Hempen Clouds (5:41)
2. Resemblance Spilling Thick (4:24)
3. Lunatics Spend Redundant Mind (3:02)
4. Immortals Reveal Deeper Streets (2:25)
5. Visible Pink Plateau (2:44)
6. Rumor Exists Under Abolished Victims (8:01)
7. Children's Song (3:15)
8. The Places Have Mingled Relationships (4:09)
9. Shallow Facades Find Opaque Polyhedrons on (4:10)
10. Skyscrapers Swaying Toward Oases of Fresh... (2:34)
11. Suspicious Umbrellas Remembering Clearly (3:09)
12. The Copper Clock Unfurls Its Boiling... (3:31)
13. Patterns Will Be Revealed Outside Iron... (4:23)
Suite for Players, Listeners and Other Dreamers
By Steve Swell
Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: I. Prelude to a Prelude (15:32)/ II. Groove Merchants of Redwood (10:31)/ III. Outside Inn (6:42)/ IV. Calling All Travellers (8:10)/ V. Wildflowers Grow Along This Highway Too (5:21)/ VI. Sailing Home (10:28)/ VII. Giving Thanks Once Again (5:51)/ VIII. Validation (8:46).
Steve Swell/Perry Robinson: Invisible Cities
by Clifford Allen
With Invisible Cities, trombonist Steve Swell and clarinetist Perry Robinson have created a unique snapshot of duo improvisation that, as much as it sounds like a Saturday afternoon loft rehearsal when the rhythm section was too busy, is a compelling document of the affinity between improvisers. Robinson, of course, is the veteran of the two, having ...
Steve Swell: Suite for Players, Listeners and Other Dreamers
by Derek Taylor
Countless men and women find themselves seduced by the lure of unfettered musical expression only to find their efforts greeted by ambivalent ears. The creative hinterlands of jazz are notorious for swallowing talented players up in a fog of anonymity. Trombonist Steve Swell knows this reality well. He’s been working his way in from the fringes ...
