Articles tagged "steve swallow"

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Carla Bley and Her Remarkable Big Band: Appearing Nightly

by Will Layman

[12.Feb.09] :. A live outing from the composer/arranger's big band, playing tunes referencing classics without being entirely classic themselves.

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Thelonious Monk: Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival

by Will Layman

[3.Dec.07] :. The vintage, never-before-released outing from the a high point of Monk's career

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Column: Jazz Today

A Critic’s Grab-Bag

by Will Layman

[10.Aug.07] :. The most rewarding work as a critic is not in evaluating the flow of big menu items from established artists, but in sampling the little dishes that come along -- like this quartet of obscure, interesting stuff from 2007's first half.

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Steve Swallow with Robert Creeley: So There

by Michael Keefe

[6.Mar.07] :. Veteran bassist Steve Swallow fuses poetry to jazz and a string quartet, to mixed results.

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Steve Swallow: Damaged in Transit

by Robert R. Calder

[2.Feb.04] :. I have to say first of all that this CD opens with the most straightforward unpretentious swinging jazz, and never leaves it behind. That’s one clue to its success, although overall the set is,...

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