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World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Announces October Line-up Including The Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Trio, Pianist Jacky Terrasson, Trombonist Steve Davis, Saxophonist Melissa Aldana, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club welcomes a few of today’s leading Trios to the stage in October. For the first time in 30 years, the Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Trio returns to SMOKE for a highly-anticipated, long overdue, four-night run (Oct 12-15). Pianist Jacky Terrasson makes a rare New York City appearance with his exciting trio with bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Alvester Garnett (Oct 19-22). The month ends with the master trombonist Steve ...
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Louis Stewart: Out on His Own
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of my favorite jazz guitar albums has been reissued. Out on His Own was recorded by Irish guitarist Louis Stewart in Bray, Ireland, between November 1976 and January 1977. Instead of one Louis, you get two. It's a solo album but he accompanies himself by overdubbing on eight of the album's original 13 tracks. The reissue, by Livia Records, has been remastered and includes six bonus tracks and a fabulous 16-page booklet. Oliver Dowling, a friend in Dublin, knew ...
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Landmark Album From Jazz Guitar Legend Louis Stewart Re-Issued
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Dermot Rogers
Out on His Own, the 1977 solo album by Louis Stewart—Ireland’s major contribution to world class jazz guitar playing—is to be reissued on the reactivated Livia Records on February 24. Recorded when Stewart was playing at his formidable peak and alternating between touring with saxophonist and legendary jazz club owner Ronnie Scott and making trips back to play in packed Dublin clubs bars, Out on His Own is aptly named. Tracks feature Stewart playing alone and to his own rhythm ...
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Multi-Grammy Artists Randy Brecker, Eumir Deodato And Tom Scott Featured On New Album By Drummer Isaiah Stewart
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Isaiah Stewart
Jazz-funk drummer and worldwide recording artist Isaiah Stewart announces the release of his fifth album Summer Beat, which features trumpeter Randy Brecker, keyboardist Eumir Deodato and saxophonist Tom Scott. Summer Beat is currently available at CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon and all other popular online retail and music-streaming services worldwide. About Randy Brecker One of the most respected musicians in the world, Brecker is known for performing and recording with Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith, James Taylor, Frank Zappa, Steely ...
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Chuck Stewart And Ed Berger, RIP
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Two non-musicians prominent in the US jazz community have died in the past week. One was a photographer whose images are among the most prominent in jazz history. Chuck Stewart’s intimate work appeared on dozens of album covers and in magazines. He was 89. Among his most familiar photographs were those of John Coltrane. Stewart took the one below at a recording session for Coltrane’s album A Love Supreme. In a New York Times interview, Fellow photographer Carol Friedman said ...
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Al Stewart (1927-2016)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Al Stewart, a first-chair swing trumpeter who recorded on some of the most significant New York big-band recordings of the late 1940s and '50s and toured with many marquee jazz orchestras, died on Oct. 17 in Sarasota, Fla., according to his daughter, Amy Abigail Stewart. He was 89. A superb studio sight-reader, Al was in the trumpet section on Benny Goodman's bebop recordings of 1949, Machito's Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite (1950), Chico O'Farrill's Second Afro Cuban Jazz Suite (1951), Maynard Ferguson's ...
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3rd Annual Bob Stewart "Tuba Competition" on October 10th at Brooklyn Conservatory Of Music
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
The 3rd Annual Bob Stewart “Tuba Competition" is back! Saturday, October 10, 2015 Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 58 7th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-622-3300 Schedule of Events 3:00-5:00pm - Masterclass for Strings and Winds Led by Bob Stewart (Tuba) and Curtis Stewart (violin). All levels welcome. 6:30pm - Third Annual Bob Stewart Tuba Competition Competitors include: Jose Davila, Steffen Granly, and Clark Gaton. Immediately following will be performances by PUBLIQuartet, Bob Stewart and First ...
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Ginny's Supper Club - March 2015 Schedule - Johnny O'Neal, Bob Stewart & More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Bob Stewart, Lakecia Benjamin, Joe Saylor & Friends, Music of Ray Barretto & Celia Cruz, Johnny O'Neal, Revive Big Band, Charenee Wade! Ginny's Supper Club 310 Lenox Ave. at 125th St. New York, NY 10027 Phone: 212-421-3821 Thursday March 5 Terrance McKnight Presents “Migration Music" with Bob Stewart's Double Quartet 7:00PM, $95 - includes multi-course dinner & wine In celebration of MoMA's upcoming Jacob Lawrence “The Migration Series", Terrance McKnight ...
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Tuba Master Bob Stewart - "Connections-Mind The Gap" Release Party At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Bob Stewart - Connections-Mind The Gap The Double Quartet / PUBLIQuartet & First Line Band Release Date: August 5, 2014 CD Release Party - September 29, 2014 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Reservations: 212-258-9595 The career of a jazz tuba player will, in all likelihood, be diverse. The great Bob Stewart has made a name for himself in numerous eclectic settings, from the blues of Taj Mahal, to Mingus's demanding compositions and the free explorations ...
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New Bob Stewart Release On Sunnyside Records!
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Bret Sjerven
Bob Stewart's Connections – Mind The Gap will be released on Sunnyside Records on August 5th! Master tuba player and educator Bob Stewart recognizes how fortunate he has been to be affiliated with musical legends and peers who have displayed generosity in allowing him to present his unique conception of tuba playing to receptive audiences. His new recording – Connections – Mind The Gap (to be released on Aug. 5, 2014) – is at once a tribute to those artists ...
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Al Stewart
Instrument: Trumpet
Born: 1927
Died: October 17, 2016
