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Charles Stewart

Chuck has been a professional Traditional Jazz (Dixieland) tuba player since 1960 and has played at over 150 major jazz festivals, 18 jazz cruises, and several tours throughout The USA, Canada and South America.

About Me

Chuck has been a professional Traditional Jazz (Dixieland) tuba player since 1960 and has played at over 150 major jazz festivals, 18 jazz cruises, and several tours throughout The USA, Canada and South America.

He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Jess Cain Show and The Al Capp Show and in October of 2011 he appeared at Carnegie Hall with “Your Father's Mustache” He can be heard performing on over 18 recordings including Tex Wyndham's Rent Party Revellers; Ray Smith's Paramount Jazz Band; Billy Butterfield, Johnny Mince, Banu Gibson; The Arizona Classic Jazz Band; Banjoist, Mike Hashem; and Dick Shooshan's Golden Eagle Jazz Band. He formed his own Crackerjack Jazz Band in 1991 and also took over leadership of The Paramount Jazz Band in 1995.

He has been a member of the Arizona Winds Concert Band since 2001 and plays with several polka bands.

He played at Jazz Festivals and on jazz cruises with Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band,  The Buck Creek Jazz Band, Scott Anthony's Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, The Golden Eagle Jazz Band, Vince Saunder's South Frisco Jazz Band, Burt Barr's Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, The Happy Feet Jazz Orchestra, The Monte Carlo Jazz Ensemble, the Arizona Classic Jazz Band, 52nd St Jazz Band, Cheryl's Mardi Gras Jazz Band, The Desert City Six, Dan Reed's Dixieland Hot Shots and The Sun City Stomperz.

My Jazz Story

I was first exposed to jazz in Junior High School. Richard Sudhalter and Roger Kellaway were a year ahead of me and were both into traditional jazz. I met Bobby Hackett, Bob Wilbur, Billy Butterfield, Johnny Minz, George Masso The first jazz record I bought was... “I Like Jazz” released on Columbia Records.