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STEVE SWELL'S FIRE INTO MUSIC

FOR JEMEEL - FIRE FROM THE ROAD

Steve Swell
Jemeel Moondoc
William Parker
Hamid Drake

Grande image FOR JEMEEL - FIRE FROM THE ROAD STEVE SWELL'S FIRE INTO MUSIC

Steve Swell: trombone
Jemeel Moondoc: alto saxophone
William Parker: double bass
Hamid Drake: drums

CD-1 - El Dorado Ballroom, Houston, TX, USA

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Improvised Music at the El Dorado

55:30

CD-2 - Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX, USA

Junka Nu

19:35

Improvised Music at Ballroom Marfa

31:51

Space Cowboys

12:29

CD-3 - Guelph Jazz Festival, Guelph, OT, Canada

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20:26

Junka Nu

19:24

Swimming in a Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow

23:46

Compositions:
Jemeel Moondoc (Moon Jem – ASCAP): CD2-1, CD3-2
Steve Swell (Steve Swell Music – BMI): CD2-3, CD3-1, CD3-3
William Parker (Centering Music – BMI), Hamid Drake (Smiling Forehead – BMI), Jemeel Moondoc (Moon Jem – ASCAP), Steve Swell (Steve Swell Music – BMI): CD1, CD2-2

Recorded live:
by Shaun Jones on October 2nd 2004 at the El Dorado Ballroom, Houston Texas, USA (CD1)
by Jeff Williams on Ocotber 8th 2004 at Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas, USA (CD2)
by Nik Tjelios on September 8th 2005 at Guelph Jazz Festival, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (CD3)

Mastering: Jean-Pierre Bouquet, L’Autre Studio, Vaires-sur-Marne, France
Liner notes: Max Moondoc, Steve Swell, William Parker, Hamid Drake
Photography: Jacques Bisceglia
Cover design: Max Schoendorff
Cover realization: David Bourguignon
Executive producer: Michel Dorbon

As welcome as it is to have this treasure trove of previously unheard music from this masterful quartet, Fire From the Road also serves as a powerful tribute to the band’s late saxophonist, Jemeel Moondoc, who passed away in August 2021 from complications of sickle cell anemia. The three-disc set compiles three hours of music captured in 2004 and 2005 at concerts in Houston and Marfa, Texas, and the Guelph Jazz Festival in Ontario, Canada.