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Steve Swallow

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Year of Birth:1940

Biography

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Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. |access-date =17 August 2011}} He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar.=
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, United States, Swallow studied piano and trumpet, as a child, before turning to the double bass at age 14. While attending a prep school, he began... more

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