Out and About (Steve Swell album) explained

Out and About
Type:	studio
Artist:	Steve Swell
Cover:	Out_and_about_Swell_cover.jpeg
Released:	1996
Recorded:	June 14 & 15, 1996
Studio:	The Spirit Room, Rossie, New York
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	73:51
Label:	CIMP
Producer:	Bob Rusch
Chronology:	Steve Swell
Prev Title:	Observations
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Moons of Jupiter
Next Year:	1997

Out and About is an album by American jazz trombonist Steve Swell featuring Roswell Rudd, which was recorded in 1996 and released on CIMP.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Swell's tone has a raucous, overheated timbre when he warms up, and set beside Rudd's more constricted delivery, the results are more reminiscent of a couple of old Dixieland tailgaters going at it than anything 'avant-garde'."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Swell

1. "Fruition" - 8:36
2. "Moves" - 7:45
3. "Out and About" - 11:16
4. "Start Up" - 9:01
5. "Walking the Dog" - 12:50
6. "A Painting" - 12:14
7. "Diesel Dots (for Ryan & Kelcey)" - 12:09

Personnel

• Steve Swell - trombone
• Roswell Rudd - trombone
• Ken Filiano - bass
• Lou Grassi - drums

Notes and References

1. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2002. Penguin. London. 0-14-051521-6. 1413.