All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Finally out two amazing recordings on Auand Records: {{Steve Swallow = 4747}} / Ohad Talmor / {{Adam Nussbaum = 9930}} - Playing in Traffic (AU9019) {{Bobby Previte = 10421}} featuring {{Gianluca Petrella = 16493}}, Wolfgang Puschnig, Benoit Delbecq, Niels Davidsen - Pan Atlantic (AU9020)...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
I normally take a LOT of persuasion to get me into the Christmas spirit, but this CD has already done it. The surprising ingredients, i.e. carols, Bley, Swallow, and a brass quintet, are as described on the tin. Let me explain. The compositions are constantly playful re-workings of Christmas carols by the composer-pianist Carla Bley , plus a couple of originals. As part of the Carla Bley package...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) * Quartet Live Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez [Concord Jazz] * Brother To Brother Clayton Brothers [ArtistShare] * Five Peace Band — Live Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band [Concord Records] * Remembrance John Patitucci Trio [Concord Jazz] * The Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group •Quartet Live Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez [Concord Jazz] •Brother To Brother Clayton Brothers [ArtistShare] •Five Peace Band — Live Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band [Concord Records] •Remembrance John Patitucci Trio [Concord Jazz] •The Bright Mississippi...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... her craft under the watchful eyes of the jazz faculty at the Royal Academy of Music. She sang Steve Swallow’s Ladies in Mercedes to words by her heroine Norma Winstone with grit, attack and top drawer musicality. Whisper it gently, she’s 18 , but this could, should, be a major career. BBC Radio 3 have broadcast some, and will broadcast more on radio. A bit too much in...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... group features renowned British saxophonist Andy Sheppard, with leading American jazz musicians Steve Swallow on bass and Billy Drummond on drums. Bley's prolific career has spanned four decades and many eclectic projects including Escalator over the Hill, a jazz opera that cemented her reputation as a composer. Bley also pioneered the movement towards independent artist-owned record...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... - that was the lonely heart sorted out with her GSOH once- writing for Paul Bley's band , meeting Steve Swallow - that makes twice- and then musically building out a duo into the current quartet. Highlights of ECM-ish beauty were the moody modal and Miles-y Lost Chords , and a sublime encore Útviklingssang . I loved the Weill-ish digging-in of Valse Sinistre. Drummond was ever-lively,...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
These beautifully arranged pieces place this among the really enjoyable and surprising Christmas albums. Over 40 years ago, Carla Bley had a job as an arranger of Christmas carols for schools. She has returned on occasion to festive music since then and now does so in the company of Steve Swallow and the Partyka Brass Quintet. The result is a selection of classic carols, festive hits,...
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
WHEN WILL THE BLUES LEAVE KING KORN Paul Bley Footloose! Savoy : 1964 PB, piano; Steve Swallow, bass; Pete La Roca, drums. We’re pleased to present another stellar guest post from longtime friend of the site Ethan Iverson, of The Bad Plus. A reminder that Do The Math remains essential reading for any jazz fan, for Ethan’s wide-ranging interviews, surveys, and [...]
The Hobson and Porter Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
H&P has gone top of the Monster Munch Trophy for the first time after a string of impressive results against teams including Wyke College and Neville Tuckers. Our team includes the following players who are rumoured to be Rafa targets: James McGee(GK) Chris Thompson(DEF) Steve Swallow(DEF) James Thompson(DEF) Louis Bradley(MID) Paul Swallow(MID) Mark Swallow(MID) Mark...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... - Carla Bley & Lost Chords - I have always enjoyed seeing Carla play, and I love her trio with Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard. It'll be interesting to see what adding a drummer to the mix does - Branford Marsalis , just because he can be such fun -I'm also going to see Tomasz Stanko . -I failed to get tickets to see Sonny Rollins , who was so well reviewed last year - but I'll...
