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For Rhina P. Espaillat

by Steve Swell

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1.
Hope 18:35
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2.
Rubber Glove 04:53
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3.
Spasticity 02:33
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4.
Chat and Clack 03:29
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5.
Pocket Trumpet 01:52
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6.
Dazed and Amused 03:33
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7.
Scraping For Wolter Wierbos 02:56
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8.
Shaky's Blues 03:25
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Track 1 recorded live Cisco Bradley's house concert on August 15, 2015
Tracks 2-8 recorded by Jason Rostkowski at GSI Studios in Manhattan on December 13, 2022

Released on Relative Pitch (RPR1168) July 7, 2023
All tracks by Steve Swell Music (BMI)


Rhina P. Espaillat is a poet whose poem “Why Publish?” (please google it!) imagines how her poetry could touch someone 100 years from now. That poem speaks of her connection with a future reader. It inspired me to see my music the same way and think what it might mean for someone who picks up this recording in the future and connect with it in a way I might not have imagined. It might inspire a future listener to take the risk of creating or doing something not done before. Or be comforted somehow knowing there was someone feeling what they are feeling. My hope is for that kind of connection.

"Steve Swell remains one of Downtown’s most inventive and diverse trombonists, his career stretching back to the eighties, recording on a hundred plus records as playing live as often as is possible. Mr. Swell has recorded in dozens of different bands, as well as leading a number of his own projects. But solo trombone efforts are pretty rare, hence make this one even more special. His last and only other solo offering was from 2014. 
Mr. Swell has worked long and hard on his playing, hence his sound is unique. The first, recorded live at author Cisco Bradley’s house series in 2015. Swell takes his time, playing those sizzling, lower-case radiator hissing-like sounds, as well as adding different trombone sounds here and there. Swell uses the resonance of the room to give his trombone a certain depth to his sound, as well as shifting his dynamics slowly throughout the piece. The studio recording is close mic’d and has a much different, clean, less hissy sound. Swell is experimenting here, tapping on the body of his trombone while he rubs or blows into the mouthpiece. Mr. Swell put a good deal of thought and preparation into the making of this disc. On each piece, he coaxes out different sounds, showing how many sounds one can get from a trombone. There a handful of solo trombone records by Paul Rutherford also Albert Mangelsdorff. We can add this one to the list of rare solo trombone gems" - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG 


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released August 11, 2023

Thanks to Cisco Bradley, Dave Peck, Glynnis Loman and all the Evil Clowns for having me as part of their series of performances and recordings from which the track “Hope” was performed live. And special thanks to Kevin Reilly (Relative Pitch) for his patience and support.
photo by Oliver Potratz

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Steve Swell New York, New York

Born in Newark, NJ, Trombonist/Composer Steve Swell has been an active member of the NYC music community since 1975. He has toured and recorded with diverse jazz personalities from Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich to "outsiders" Anthony Braxton and Cecil Taylor. Steve has received numerous awards and grants. ... more

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