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Title: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: ryan_p on July 17, 2018, 08:19:05 PM

A nice way to spend an hour and a quarter :


https://youtu.be/WZe7HoJhcIY (https://youtu.be/WZe7HoJhcIY)

Anecdotes include how he first picked up an electric bass, how his tunes got into the Real Book, to name two and ends with a short tune played by him and Sco.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: edwin on July 17, 2018, 09:35:38 PM

Thanks for the link! One of my all-time favorite players.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: Philip-M-Bass on July 18, 2018, 06:29:59 AM

Amazing interview & performance !!! Many thanks !!!

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: ryan_p on July 18, 2018, 09:58:21 AM

Cheers, guys.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: David Houck on July 19, 2018, 06:13:55 PM

Just watched it; wonderful!  Thanks for the link.  I've watched a few interviews in this series, and always intend to watch more.  It's a great series.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: pauldo on July 22, 2018, 03:33:33 AM

Finally made sometime for this.


wow


His speech mirrors his playing, both are beautiful.  My favorite was hearing him talk about his first “free” note, playing improvised music with Paul Bley.  His enthusiasm for discovering a deeper form of music within himself...

The closing was the cherry on top.

Thanks for posting that Ryan.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: ryan_p on July 22, 2018, 10:29:57 AM

A pleasure, folks.


You may find this interesting, too :
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.bassplayer.com/.amp/lessons/behind-the-bass (https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.bassplayer.com/.amp/lessons/behind-the-bass)

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: David Houck on July 22, 2018, 11:19:23 AM

From that BassPlayer article:


"the joy of living with the instrument"

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: hammer on July 22, 2018, 01:25:31 PM

Loved the interview.  I remember Swallow from his days of playing with Gary Burton, Larry Coryell, and Roy Haynes. One of the first "jazz" concerts I attended.  Swallows bass lines are always so tasteful perfectly complementing those with whom he is playing.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: StephenR on July 22, 2018, 01:33:23 PM

Also first heard Steve Swallow with the Gary Burton Quartet at the 1969 Newport Jazz Festival and have been a fan ever since. Jerry Hahn was playing guitar with them and I loved his playing, too. Hard to say anything negative about Gary or Roy, both monster players, all-in-all an excellent band and great introduction to Gary Burton's music for me. Still need to cut some time loose to watch the interview but very much looking forward to it...

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: ryan_p on July 22, 2018, 10:41:55 PM

Watching Jerry rip on his Gibson bass, post-gigs is what made Steve try playing with pick.



Thanks David, for editing the link!

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: ryan_p on August 28, 2018, 06:45:51 PM

And we have a sequel :

Haven't watched it yet, myself.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: David Houck on September 02, 2018, 09:33:13 PM

Just watched the last one you linked.  There's a lot of gems scattered throughout the interview.  And it covers a lot of area; composition, improvisation, living in the New York jazz scene in the sixties.  Thanks for the link; I saved it until the right time to watch it came, which turned out to be tonight.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: ryan_p on December 21, 2019, 03:13:25 AM

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on December 21, 2019, 07:58:16 AM

I have grandkids crawling all over me, so I'll check the interview later - but in the meantime, let's listen to him play:

Peter (who discovered him in this vid - and checked out the vid because of the Carla Bley references in The Bear Comes Home)

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: pauldo on December 21, 2019, 09:03:31 AM

I need to make time for the last two videos that Ryan posted, but meanwhile....

Can’t find the proper adjectives to describe how profoundly moving Lawns was.  Involuntary tears on that one.

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: David Houck on December 21, 2019, 05:05:48 PM

Lawns was nice; thanks!

Title: Re: Steve Swallow interview
Post by: ryan_p on December 22, 2019, 12:50:45 AM

What a gorgeus clip - can Steve carry a melody?!? Beautiful.