--- title: "4 Steve Swallow Quotes - Famous Composer" description: "Steve Swallow is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-steve-swallow-68204.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Steve Swallow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-steve-swallow-68204.jpg) # Steve Swallow (1940) Composer United States **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Steve Swallow is a composer from the United States. ## Quick Facts About Steve Swallow Born October 4, 1940 Nationality United States Profession Composer Spouse Carla Bley ## About Steve Swallow Steve Swallow is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar. ## Quotes by Steve Swallow > [I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-swallow/i-don-t-meditate-before-i-play-or-compose-but-i-see-playing-and/) Steve Swallow [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/steve-swallow-68204_acts_i-don-t-meditate-before-i-play-or-compos_58455.png) > [Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-swallow/occasionally-when-i-run-into-a-great-bass-backstage-at-a-festival-i/) Steve Swallow [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/steve-swallow-68204_bass_occasionally-when-i-run-into-a-great-bas_1787463.png) > [I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-swallow/i-found-it-liberating-of-necessity-to-devise-my-own-style-and-my-own/) Steve Swallow [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/steve-swallow-68204_found_i-found-it-liberating-of-necessity-to-de_2070202.png) > [Partisans present some of the most refreshing music I've heard in a long while, uncompromising, very well written and very well played.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-swallow/partisans-present-some-of-the-most-refreshing-music-i-ve-heard-in-a/) Steve Swallow [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/steve-swallow-68204_attention_partisans-present-some-of-the-most-refre_2115513.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-swallow/#itemlist", "name": "Steve Swallow Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": 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