Jazz Articles about Steve Turre

Bob Stewart: Then & Now

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

Bob Stewart is one of a select few who have catapulted the tuba into more of a prominent role within jazz and modern music circles. With that, Stewart enlists a mighty impressive cast of jazz musicians along with the legendary folk-blues singer/songwriter, Taj Mahal on Then & Now.

Stewart handles the bottom end without the utilization or perhaps, requirements of a bassist as he drives the band forward on “Hambone” which is a New Orleans style R&B/Funk number featuring brassy ...

Steve Turre: Steve Turre

by Dave Hughes
December 1, 1997

While I am a trombonist, and I have read numerous times in the jazz press that Steve Turre is an excellent trombonist, for some reason this is the first album of his that I have bought. The first impression I got of this album was that it was different -- in a very good way. The program of mostly Turre originals opens with Duke Ellington's “In a Sentimental Mood" -- which starts with Turre playing shells. I knew that Steve ...