| News from the Mystic Auricle | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Steve Swell |
| Cover: | News_mystic_auricle_cover.jpeg |
| Released: | 2008 |
| Recorded: | February 3, 2007 |
| Studio: | Park West, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 69:39 |
| Label: | Not Two |
| Chronology: | Steve Swell |
| Prev Title: | Live @ the Vision Festival |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Magical Listening Hour |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
News from the Mystic Auricle is an album by American jazz trombonist Steve Swell, which was recorded in 2007 and released on the Polish Not Two label. He presents a new band called Rivers of Sound Ensemble, extending Slammin' the Infinite with trumpeter Roy Campbell and Hilliard Greene instead of Matthew Heyner on bass.[1]
The All About Jazz review by Jeff Stockton notes that "With the horns coming together and cleaving apart in a continuous seamless flow and Greene's strings squealing under his bow, it's Klaus Kugel's tireless drumming that tethers Campbell, Swell and Mateen to the ground."[2] In another review for All About Jazz John Sharpe states "These guys are masters of this art and close listening reveals a wealth of incidental detail, particularly from the rhythmic axis of Kugel and Greene, which illuminates this highly recommended outing."[3]
All compositions by Campbell / Mateen / Swell / Greene / Kugel