This Now!

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This Now!
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Live album by Steve Swell
Released 2003
Recorded November 2, 2001
Venue Roulette, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length61:22
Label Cadence Jazz
Producer Steve Swell
Steve Swell chronology
Poets of the Now
(2002)
This Now!
(2003)
Still in Movement
(2003)

This Now! is an album by American jazz trombonist Steve Swell, which was recorded live in 2001 and released on Cadence Jazz. He leads the Unified Theory of Sound, a sextet with Jemeel Moondoc on alto sax, Matt Lavelle on trumpet, Cooper-Moore on piano, Wilber Morris on bass and Kevin Norton on drums.

Steve Swell American musician

Steve Swell is an American free jazz trombonist, composer, and educator.

Cadence Jazz is an American record company and label specializing in noncommercial modern jazz. It is associated with Cadence Magazine.

Jemeel Moondoc American musician

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Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy states " Swell's writing impresses immeasurably, as he has an ear to the moment so that the backgrounds constantly change and ebb to the machinations of the soloists." [1]

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Having Cooper-Moore in the group introduces the rarity of a piano into Swell's music and he plays in a neoclassic free-jazz style which actually works very well." [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Steve Swell
  1. "This Now" - 21:47
  2. "BA-I" - 16:51
  3. "Tryarhythmic" - 22:44

Personnel

Trombone type of brass instrument

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. As on all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch. Many modern trombone models also use a valve attachment to lower the pitch of the instrument. Variants such as the valve trombone and superbone have three valves similar to those on the trumpet.

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Cooper-Moore American musician

Cooper-Moore is an American jazz pianist, composer and instrument builder/designer based in New York City. At age 8, he was recruited by community leaders to be the piano player for the town, and soon thereafter performed at church services and community functions. When he was 12 years old, he heard musicians such as Ahmad Jamal and Charles Mingus, and was inspired to pursue jazz. He has cited pianist Jaki Byard's contributions to Mingus' band as a particular inspiration.

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References

  1. 1 2 Loewy, Steve. Steve Swell – This Now!: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1372. ISBN   0141034017.