Double bassist, then electric bassist, Steve Swallow is considered one of the
greatest exponents of the four-string instrument. His career began in the 1950s
alongside Buddy Tate and Buck Clayton, and continued in Paul Bley's trio, then
with guitarist Jimmy Giuffre, before accompanying Art Farmer (1962), Stan Getz
(1965) and Gary Burton (1967), with whom he developed a variant of jazz fusion
in the company of Larry Coryell. Since switching to electric bass, Steve Swallow
has collaborated on several occasions with Carla Bley, and has been a mainstay
of the ECM label, recording und...