# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-swallow
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:44:02.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-swallow"
name: "Steve Swallow"
slug: "steve-swallow"
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 first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar."
tagline: "American jazz bassist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Swallow.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-10-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.77247066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1100447/"
    handle:    "nm1100447"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6mrjnfLYDl91oh10EIeKPV"
    handle:    "6mrjnfLYDl91oh10EIeKPV"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ستيڤ سوالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95"
    title: "סטיב סוולו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6"
    title: "スティーヴ・スワロウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2"
    title: "Своллоу, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swallow"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d94cd4f9-3178-4cc5-9e96-c9306385ffb0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708266"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2016216"
    title: "Steve Swallow"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump