Steve Swallow: Bite Your Grandmother

Steve Swallow, wise guy. Just check out the spiky arpeggios he used to construct Bite Your Grandmother. While Jack DeJohnette and Swallow swing like possessed men (I swear, how Swallow manages to walk the bass this fast and not lose the feel is beyond me), Tom Harrell and Joe Lovano negotiate the leader's jagged (yet somehow funny) musical landscape. This leads into some extended solo passages with plenty of room to move and expound. Mulgrew Miller rounds out the quintet on piano, making for a jazz supergroup that does not disappoint.