Photo by MP Landis 

Steve Swell, born in Newark, NJ has been an active member of the NYC music community since 1975.  He has toured and recorded with many artists from mainstreamers such as Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich and with so called outsiders Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor and William Parker.  He has over 25 CDs as a leader or co-leader and is a featured artists on more than 90 other releases.  He runs workshops around the world and is a teaching artist in the NYC public school system focusing on special needs children.

Steve was nominated for Trombonist of the Year 2008 by the Jazz Journalists Association and received  the           2008 Jubilation Foundation Fellowship Award  of the    Tides Foundation.

 photos by John Rogers and MP Landis, website entrance photo by Nuno Martins..........song on opening page: "with the morning, hope"  by Steve Swell    
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