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Upcoming Releases and Performances from Steve Swell


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From Steve Swell:

Kende’s Dream: An Homage to Bela Bartok (Silkheart Records, 2015)
Steve Swell, leader, composer, trombone
Rob Brown, alto saxophone
Connie Crothers, piano
William Parker, bass
Chad Taylor, drums

Steve Swell Quintet (RogueArt, 2016)
Steve Swell, leader, composer, trombone
Jemeel Moondoc, alto saxophone
Dave Burrell, piano
William Parker, bass
Gerald Cleaver, drums

Steve Swell’s 60th Birthday Double CD (NotTwo Records, 2015)
Various live concerts from Chicago, NY, Portugal
with Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paul Flaherty, C. Spenser Yeh, Ken Vandermark, Guillermo Gregorio, Weasel Walter, Darius Jones (and more!)

Steve Swell Trio: Bearable Lightness of Being (CIMP, 2015)
Steve Swell, leader, composer, trombone
William Connell, Jr., alto saxophone
Reggie Nicholson, drums

Gebhard Ullmann’s Basement Research: Hat and Shoe (Between the Lines, 2015)
Julian Arguilles, baritone saxophone
Steve Swell, trombone
Pascal Niggenkemper, bass
Gerald Cleaver, dums

also
Rodrigo Amado Trio + Steve Swell
Teun Verbruggen, trios and duos with Steve Swell and Peter Jacqueman
Jason Hwang’s Sing House
Jemeel Moondoc Quintet

Just Released:
Dave Burrell/Steve Swell Duo: Turning Point (No Business)
Carlo Costa: Sediment (Neither Nor Recrods)

Upcoming Tours:
Peter Brotzmann, Paal Nilssen-Love, Steve Swell (Europe, Feb-March 2015)
Jason Hwang’s Sing House and Burning Bridge (January & April, U.S./Canada 2015)
Jemeel Moondoc (April, U.S.)
Gebhard Ullmann’s Basement Research (September, Europe 2015)
Guest Artist Albert Ayler Festival, Jacksonville, Florida (May 2015)
Steve Swell/Gebhard Ullmann/Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang (U.S., May 2015)
more in the works, as per usual


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