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Steve Swallow

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Steve Swallow was born in New York City in 1940, and spent his childhood in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Before turning to the acoustic bass at age 14, he studied piano (with Howard Kasschau, who also taught Nelson Riddle) and trumpet. His otherwise miserable adolescence was brightened by his discovery of jazz. He took many of his first stabs at improvisation with Ian Underwood (who subsequently became a Mother Of Invention and an L.A. studio ace), with whom he attended a swank New England private school. During his years at Yale University he studied composition with Donald Martino, and played dixieland with many of the greats, including Pee Wee Russell, Buck Clayton and Vic Dickenson

Album

Winter Songs

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine

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Joyful Noise – Live In Hamburg 1984

Label: MIG Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD 1: La Paloma; Talking Hearts; Joyful Noise; The Lord is Listening' To Ya, Hallelujah!; Light Or Dark; Misterioso. CD 2: Venus Fly Trap; Nu Derection; Ending It; Starting Again / Ups And Downs;; Battleship Copyright Royalties.

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Article: Album Review

Liudas Mockūnas / Samuel Blaser / Marc Ducret: Twisted Summer

Read "Twisted Summer" reviewed by Mark Corroto


All of modern jazz and improvised music owes a debt to Jimmy Giuffre (1921--2008). A quiet revolutionary, Giuffre helped reshape the language of jazz in ways that many musicians now take for granted. His solo recordings anticipated those of Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell, while his early experiments without a rhythm section, common practice today, were ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ben Rosenblum, Tierney Sutton, and Jimmy Giuffre

Read "Ben Rosenblum, Tierney Sutton, and Jimmy Giuffre" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features new music from Ben Rosenblum and Tierney Sutton as well as older selections from Jimmy Giuffre and Johnny Smith.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Trombocalist Big Band “Sulk City" from The Vigil ...

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Article: Album Review

Carla Bley: Joyful Noise – Live In Hamburg 1984

Read "Joyful Noise – Live In Hamburg 1984" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


For a brief human moment, let us imagine that pianist/composer/maestro Carla Bley was cast as a villainess on the low-camp-crazy 60's Batman TV show. Yes, that one. The one with Adam West running around in tights. Who would Bley be? Perhaps, with her humorous inquests into any musical form that might threaten Gotham, she would be ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet

Read "The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet" reviewed by Dean Nardi


As Ian Dury might have sung had he played the clarinet, “Hit me with your licorice stick." (That is “rhythm stick" for those not fluent in punk rock.) From the intricacies of classical music to the smooth swing of jazz to Klezmer--the folk music of the Eastern European Jewish population--the instrument resonates throughout a good portion ...

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Article: Interview

Charlie Ballantine Establishes Himself on the East Coast

Read "Charlie Ballantine Establishes Himself on the East Coast" reviewed by Robert Middleton


Jazz guitarist Charlie Ballantine has been on the move for the past decade. In that time, he's released ten albums, with his first official live recording set to arrive later this month--and another new studio album already finished and waiting in the wings. Originally based in Indianapolis, Ballantine moved to Baltimore in 2022 to ...


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