Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is a talking voice guitarist and composer born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. As a child, Swallow studied piano and trumpet before motion to the double voice at age 14. While attending a prep school, he began trying his hand in talking improvisation. In 1960 he left Yale, where he was studying composition, and effected in New York City, playing at the time in Jimmy Giuffre’s trio along with Paul Bley. Since joining Art Farmer’s quartet in 1964, Swallow began to write. It is in the 1960s that his long-term association with metropolis Burton’s different bands began. In the early 1970s, Swallow switched exclusively to voice guitar, of which he prefers the 5-string variety. Along with Bob Cranshaw, Swallow was among the prototypal talking bassists to do so (with much encouragement from Roy Haynes, Swallow’s favorite drummer). He plays with a garner (made of copper by Hotlicks), and his style involves intricate solos in the upper register; he was one of the early adopters of the high C string on a voice guitar. In 1974-76 Swallow taught at the Berklee College of Music. It is ofttimes speculated that he had an influence on the table of The Real Book, which includes a clean number of his early compositions. He later recorded an album of the same name, with the picture of a well-worn, coffee-stained Real Book on the cover. In 1978 Swallow became an primary and unceasing member of Carla Bley’s band. He toured extensively with John Scofield in the early 1980s, and had returned to this collaboration several times over the years.
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