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Steve Swell is an American jazz trombonist, composer, and educator. He has been active in the New York City jazz scene since the late 1970s. He has performed and recorded with a wide variety of jazz musicians, including Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, William Parker, and John Zorn. He has also released several solo albums and has been a member of the bands Test, Human Feel, and the New York Composers Orchestra. Swell was born in Newark, New Jersey, and began playing trombone at the age of nine. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, and has taught at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Swell has released several solo albums, including "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Improviser" (1996), "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Composer" (1998), and "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Collaborator" (2000). He has also released several albums with the bands Test, Human Feel, and the New York Composers Orchestra. As of 2021, Steve Swell's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

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Occupation Musician
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 6 December, 1954
Birthday 6 December
Birthplace Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2006

Swell has received a number of awards including a USArts International (NEA) travel grant in 2006, grants from MCAF (LMCC) in 2008 & 2012, Foundation for Contemporary Arts and was nominated for Trombonist of Year, 2008 & 2011 by the Jazz Journalists Association. He was chosen Trombonist of the Year 2008-2010, 2012 & 2014-2016 by El Intruso, the Argentine jazz journal. In 2008 he received a fellowship award from The Jubilation Foundation of the Tides Foundation for his work in the New York City public school system and was selected by the Down Beat Critics Poll in the Trombone category 2010-2017. He also received the 2014 Creative Curricula grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Steve earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from SUNY in 2016.

1975

Swell studied at Jersey City State Teachers College before moving to New York City in 1975 where he began his musical life, playing in top 40 bands, salsa bands, big bands (most notably those of Buddy Rich and Lionel Hampton) and performed on Broadway in Bob Fosse's Dancin' . He then became a member of Makanda Ken McIntyre's band which led to tours and recordings with Tim Berne, Joey Baron, Herb Robertson, Jemeel Moondoc, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Bill Dixon, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Dave Burrell, Elliott Sharp, Rob Mazurek, Perry Robinson, Ken Vandermark.

1970

He is greatly influenced by Roswell Rudd, with whom he studied in the mid-1970s. He was also a student of Grachan Moncur III and Jimmy Knepper.

1954

Steve Swell (born in Newark, New Jersey, December 6, 1954) is an American free jazz trombonist, composer, and educator.