STEVE SWELL

STEVE SWELL'S SYSTEMS FOR TOTAL IMMERSION: HOMMAGE À LUCIANO BERIO

Steve Swell
Ellen Christi
Marty Ehrlich
Sam Newsome
Jim Pugliese
Gerald Cleaver

“Perhaps that's just what music is: the search for a boundary that is continually being shifted. (Luciano Berio)”

Steve Swell: trombone, pocket trumpet
Ellen Christi: voice, effects
Marty Ehrlich: flute, alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Sam Newsome: soprano saxophone
Jim Pugliese: marimba
Gerald Cleaver: drum, percussion

STEVE SWELL'S SYSTEMS FOR TOTAL IMMERSION: HOMMAGE À LUCIANO BERIO" is the third of the three Steve Swell's "Hommage À..." dedicated to 20th century composers. You can get a 33 % reduction if you purchase all three albums together; if you are intereseted, please click on the link here below:

The Slow Reveal (7:16 ) Play

Hope (2:39)
Systems for Total Immersion (10:35)
Lose and Find (10:12)
Feathered Thing (3:45)
Icy (8:09)
Perched on the Soul (3:50)
Sings the Tune Without Words (3:37)
Never Stops at All (2:41)
The Color of Infinity (9:20)

Composed by: Steve Swell (1, 3, 4, 6 and 10), Steve Swell - Jim Pugliese - Ellen Christi (2 and 7), by Steve Swell - Jim Pugliese - Sam Newsome - Marty Ehrlich - Ellen Christi (5 and 8), Sam Newsome - Marty Ehrlich (9)
Poems by Steve Swell
Quotations by Luciano Berio

Recorded by Jim Clouse on June 29th and 20th 2021 at Park West Studios, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mixing and mastering: Jim Clouse
Cover art work: Scott Olson “Untitled, 2019” and “Untitled, 2019”
Liner notes: Steve Swell
Cover realisation: David Bourguignon
Executive producer for Silkheart Records is Lars-Olof Gustavsson

How dare we spend so much valuable energy answering such questions as "What is Jazz?".

JUST LISTEN!

STEVE SWELL

STEVE SWELL'S SYSTEMS FOR TOTAL IMMERSION: HOMMAGE À LUCIANO BERIO

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