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About So There
Product Description So There is Steve Swallow's music for string quartet, piano and electric bass - inspired by and featuring the poetry of Robert Creeley (1926 - 2005), one of the most important American poets of the 20th century. The album is a unique and hugely enjoyable synthesis of words and music, and includes Creeley's last recordings before his untimely death. Swallow recorded Creeley reading his poems in upstate New York, wrote new music around the poet's speech rhythms, then flew to Oslo to complete the project with Steve Kuhn and the Cikada String Quartet. Delivering one of the great performances of his life, pianist Steve Kuhn shows the broad range of his technique, from intensely melodic invention to free swirling sound masses, inspired by Swallow's string quartet writing and the laconic readings of Creeley. From the Artist "The music derives from the structure of the poems. I tried to get inside Robert's breathing as he spoke the lines. Paradoxically, I think this has resulted in my most heartfelt and personal music." Steve Swallow About the Artist Steve Swallow is widely regarded as the world's most outstanding bass guitarist. He has played with many of jazz's major figures - from George Russell and Paul Bley to Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie. His ECM credits include albums with Jimmy Guiffre, Gary Burton and Pierre Favre. Associated with Carla Bley since 1960, he has appeared on all of her WATT recordings since 1978 and he has five albums under his own name on XtraWATT.
