Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow Photo by Natalia Dobryszycka Background information Birth name Steve Swallow Born (1940-10-04) October 4, 1940 (age 74) Fair Lawn, New Jersey, United States Genres Jazz, cool jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz, free jazz, post-bop, hard bop Occupation(s) Electric bassist, composer, educator Instruments Electric bass, double bass Years active 1960-present Labels Palmetto, RCA, RCA, Atlantic, Watt, Blue Note, Winter & Winter, Verve, Impulse! Associated acts Jimmy Giuffre, Art Farmer, Carla Bley, John Scofield, Gary Burton, Michael Mantler, Pat Metheny, Paul Motian, Stan Getz, Roy Haynes, Paul Bley, Steve Kuhn, Joe Lovano, Pete La Roca, Jim Hall Website http://www.wattxtrawatt.com/ Steve Swallow, Moers Festival 2012 Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940, Fair Lawn, New Jersey) is a jazz bassist and composer noted for his numerous collaborations. Swallow is noted for collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton and Carla Bley. He was also one of the first double bassists in jazz to switch entirely to electric bass guitar, on which he has a distinctively nimble sound.