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Steve Swallow

Fair Lawn, United States

Steve Swallow is credited on 1,819 releases across 397 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,819

Credits

397

Albums

8

Decades active

182

In collections

Biography

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American jazz bass guitarist and composer, born October 4, 1940 in Fair Lawn, N.J.
Initially he played double bass (most notably in the trio with Jimmy Giuffre and Paul Bley, and with Art Farmer); in the seventies he switched to electric bass guitar exclusively.
In 1960 he left his composition studies at Yale, but began writing music professionally in Art Farmer's quartet (he joined it in 1964).
Among notable musical associations is his work with Gary Burton, Carla Bley (whose husband he is) and John Scofield.
His style involves intricate solos in the upper register of his instrument; he was one of the first to adopt the high C string on the bass guitar.

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Credited work

1,819 releases · 397 albums · active 1957–2026

  • Performance · 2,711
  • Production · 128
  • Other credits · 70
  • Engineering · 14

Studios: Grog Kill Studio · Tonstudio Bauer · Atlantic Studios · Arne Bendiksen Studio

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