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In 2009, when he was 65, Zan Stewart felt it was time for a major life change. He decided to leave daily journalism – where he had worked as a jazz writer for close to 30 years at The Los Angeles Times and the Newark Star-Ledger – to focus on music. “It felt like it was time to see what might happen if I devoted myself to the horn, to writing music, and to teaching, seeing where they might take me,” says Stewart, a student clarinetist at age six and a tenor saxophonist since 1966. “I had done a ton of writing – around 2000 profiles plus many more reviews and other short pieces

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Tenor Saxophonist Zan Stewart Debuts On CD With "The Street Is Making Music"

Tenor Saxophonist Zan Stewart Debuts On CD With "The Street Is Making Music"

In the course of his prolific career as a jazz journalist, writing for the Los Angeles Times, the Newark Star-Ledger, and Down Beat magazine, among many other publications, Zan Stewart established himself as one of the best in the business. He won a prestigious ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for his notes to an Eric Dolphy boxed set, ...

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News: Website

Jazz Scribe/Saxophonist Zan Stewart Intervewed at AAJ

Jazz Scribe/Saxophonist Zan Stewart Intervewed at AAJ

For the last five years, Zan Stewart has been the voice of New Jersey jazz. A tenor saxophonist who occasionally plays in local clubs, Stewart, who has also written for the Los Angeles Times, appears several times a week in the Newark Star-Ledger, the Garden State's largest newspaper. He reviews performances in a variety of Jersey ...

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Article: Interview

Zan Stewart: Jazz Advocate

Read "Zan Stewart: Jazz Advocate" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


For the last five years, Zan Stewart has been the voice of New Jersey jazz. A tenor saxophonist who occasionally plays in local clubs, Stewart, who has also written for the Los Angeles Times, appears several times a week in the Newark Star-Ledger, the Garden State's largest newspaper. He reviews performances in a variety of Jersey ...


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