Steve Swallow

[Keyser Soze]

He's supporting this beautiful tune. And has a nice solo. Who knew he plays with a pick?

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[BargeOn]

A felt covered pick, in fact.

 

[jerry]

He's long been one of the tastiest players in jazz, so smart in so many ways. One of the best!

 

[Bob_Ross]

A felt covered pick, in fact.

Really? I’d swear he was using a copper pick when I saw him.
Then again, I saw him over 20 years ago, so I could be totally misremembering.

 

[BargeOn]

Really? I’d swear he was using a copper pick when I saw him.
Then again, I saw him over 20 years ago, so I could be totally misremembering.

Ya know what, I may be wrong
I thought it was a felt covered metal pick. But I dredged that up from my faulty memory and can't find confirmation now.

I saw him back then as well, one of the duet tours with Carla. But I wasn't paying attention to the pick.

Apologies to all for the confusion.

 

[wagdog]

Mr. Swallow is one of the reasons I started using a pick. He showed a pick can be just as nuanced as fingers while providing an articulate definition to the notes.

 

[abaguer]

He uses a copper pick. A favorite player for many decades.

 

[jsbarber]

Steve Swallow is one of very few jazz double bassists that switched from double bass to bass guitar. The other player that comes to mind is Max Bennett. There is a certain snobbery that exists among some double bassists with respect to bass guitars - pork chops they call them. Double bass is a beautiful instrument, but so is the bass guitar. They are just different. I for one am delighted that Jaco’s double bass fell apart because of humidity and that he then focused on fretless bass guitar.