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Steve Swallow

Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940)[1] is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley.[2] He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar.[3]

Steve Swallow

(1940-10-04) October 4, 1940
Fair Lawn, New Jersey, U.S.

Musician, composer, educator

Electric bass guitar, double bass

1960–present

Palmetto, RCA, Atlantic, WATT, Blue Note, Winter & Winter, Verve, Impulse!

with Gary Burton (ECM, 1974)

Hotel Hello

 – music to poems by Robert Creeley (ECM, 1980)

Home

with Carla Bley (Watt, 1985)

Night-Glo

(Xtra Watt, 1987)

Carla

with Carla Bley (Watt, 1988)

Duets

with Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre (Owl, 1989)

The Life of a Trio: Saturday

with Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre (Owl, 1989)

The Life of a Trio: Sunday

(Xtra Watt, 1991)

Swallow

with Carla Bley (Watt, 1992)

Go Together

(Xtra Watt, 1993)

Real Book

(Watt, 1994) with Carla Bley and Andy Sheppard

Songs with Legs

(Instant Present, 1995) with John Taylor

Parlance

(Xtra Watt, 1996)

Deconstructed

with Carla Bley (Watt, 1998)

Are We There Yet?

(Xtra Watt/ECM, 2000)

Always Pack Your Uniform on Top

Noisy Old Men (Jam, 2002) with , John Abercrombie, Gary Chaffee

Mick Goodrick

with Chris Potter and Adam Nussbaum (Xtra Watt, 2003)

Damaged in Transit

So There with (Xtra Watt, 2006)

Robert Creeley

L'Histoire du Clochard with (Palmetto, 2007)

Ohad Talmor

with Carla Bley and the Partyka Brass Quintet (Watt, 2009)

Carla's Christmas Carols

Playing in Traffic with Ohad Talmor and Adam Nussbaum (Auand, 2009)

Into the Woodwork (Xtra Watt, 2013) – recorded in 2011

with Jamie Saft and Bobby Previte (RareNoise, 2014)

The New Standard

with Jamie Saft, Bobby Previte and Iggy Pop (RareNoise, 2017)

Loneliness Road

Watt/XtraWatt – the recording company run by Swallow and Bley

Steve Swallow and Carla Bley video interview about Dreams So Real and working with ECM Records