| This Now! | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Steve Swell |
| Cover: | This_now_cover.jpeg |
| Released: | 2003 |
| Recorded: | November 2, 2001 |
| Venue: | Roulette, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 61:22 |
| Label: | Cadence Jazz |
| Producer: | Steve Swell |
| Chronology: | Steve Swell |
| Prev Title: | Poets of the Now |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Still in Movement |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
This Now! is an album by American jazz trombonist Steve Swell, which was recorded live in 2001 and released on Cadence Jazz. He leads the Unified Theory of Sound, a sextet with Jemeel Moondoc on alto sax, Matt Lavelle on trumpet, Cooper-Moore on piano, Wilber Morris on bass and Kevin Norton on drums.
In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy states " Swell's writing impresses immeasurably, as he has an ear to the moment so that the backgrounds constantly change and ebb to the machinations of the soloists."
The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Having Cooper-Moore in the group introduces the rarity of a piano into Swell's music and he plays in a neoclassic free-jazz style which actually works very well."[1]
All compositions by Steve Swell
. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. London. 0141034017. 1372.