# This Now!

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{{Infobox album
| name       = This Now!
| type       = live
| artist     = [Steve Swell](/source/Steve_Swell)
| cover      = This_now_cover.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = 2003
| recorded   = November 2, 2001
| venue      = Roulette, [New York City](/source/New_York_City)
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 61:22
| label      = [Cadence Jazz](/source/Cadence_Jazz_Records)
| producer   = [Steve Swell](/source/Steve_Swell)
| chronology = [Steve Swell](/source/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](/source/Steve_Swell), which was recorded live in 2001 and released on [Cadence Jazz](/source/Cadence_Jazz_Records). He leads the Unified Theory of Sound, a sextet with [Jemeel Moondoc](/source/Jemeel_Moondoc) on alto sax, Matt Lavelle on trumpet, [Cooper-Moore](/source/Cooper-Moore) on piano, [Wilber Morris](/source/Wilber_Morris) on bass and [Kevin Norton](/source/Kevin_Norton) on drums.

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = [The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin Guide"/>
}}
In his review for [AllMusic](/source/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."<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|last=Loewy|first=Steve|class=album|id=mw0000031729|title=Steve Swell – ''This Now!'': Review|accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref>

''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/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."<ref name="Penguin Guide">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|authorlink = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|orig-date = |edition = 9th|series = [The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn =  978-0141034010|pages = 1372}}</ref>

==Track listing==
:''All compositions by Steve Swell''
#"This Now" - 21:47
#"BA-I" - 16:51
#"Tryarhythmic" - 22:44

==Personnel==
*[Steve Swell](/source/Steve_Swell) - [trombone](/source/trombone)
*[Jemeel Moondoc](/source/Jemeel_Moondoc) - [alto sax](/source/alto_sax)
*Matt Lavelle - [trumpet](/source/trumpet)
*[Cooper-Moore](/source/Cooper-Moore)  - [piano](/source/piano)
*[Wilber Morris](/source/Wilber_Morris) - [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Kevin Norton](/source/Kevin_Norton)  - [drums](/source/drums)

==References==
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Category:2003 live albums
Category:Steve Swell live albums
Category:Cadence Jazz Records live albums

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