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Louis Stewart

Born: January 5, 1944

Louis Stewart began his musical career in the sixties as a member of the Dublin jazz scene. In 1968 he received an invitation to the Montreux Jazz Festival together with the Jim Doherty Quartet. He came away with the pressaward for "Outstanding European Soloist of the Festival". The following year—again in Montreux—he won the "Grand Prix de la Radio Suisse Romande". He turned down a scholarship from the Berklee School of Music, Boston, because at the time he was with Tubby Hayes' Quartet and Big Band and had been engaged by Benny Goodman for three European tours.

Livia Records

Louis Stewart: I Thought About You

by Ian Patterson
July 24, 2025

For jazz guitar fans, and for aficionados of Irish guitarist Louis Stewart in particular, the 2022 relaunch of '70s label Livia Records has been manna from heaven. This is the born-again label's fifth reissue of the great Dublin six-stringer's out-of-print recordings since the series launched with Stewart's other 1977 album Out on His Own (Livia Records, ...

Ronan Guilfoyle's Bemusement Arcade: At Swing, Two Birds

by Ian Patterson
May 13, 2025

If there were Grammys for the most punning name for a jazz band, or for the most enigmatic album title, then Irish bassist Ronan Guilfoyle could well bag a brace. The title of the wonderfully coined Bemusement Arcade's debut album is a wordplay on Irish humorist Flann O'Brien's At Swim Two Birds (Longman Green & Co., ...

Michael Buckley: Ebb And Flow

by Ian Patterson
April 15, 2025

Given his world-class chops, tenor saxophonist Michael Buckley's albums have been too infrequent. This is a man who has played with George Coleman when he was still in shorts (Buckley that is), backed Jerry Lee Lewis, collaborated with Dave Liebman and Kenny Wheeler, and toured with The Mingus Big Band. His talents as a composer for ...

Jim Doherty: Jim Doherty's Spondance

by Ian Patterson
April 10, 2025

Jim Doherty never lacked ambition, but a suite for jazz ballet or even jazz dance was always going to be a difficult sell in '80s Ireland. All was not lost for the pianist and composer, however. A few strings pulled here and there saw Doherty and his long- term collaborator, Louis Stewart decamp to Los Angeles, ...

Ian Patterson's Best Jazz (And Beyond) Albums Of 2024

by Ian Patterson
January 1, 2025

A terrific year for new jazz releases, the breath and depth of the music from all corners of the world underlining the robust health of jazz a quarter of the way into the 21st century. Northbound Pernille Bevort Gateway Music “There is a poetic ...

Acoustic Guitar Duets

By Louis Stewart

Label: Livia Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Pick Yourself Up: Morning of the Carnival; Jive at Five; Billie's Bounce; Coming Through The Rye; Cherokee; Stompin' At The Savoy; Darn That Dream; Bernie' Tune; Farewell To Erin; Stompin' at the Savoy (alternative take).

The Dublin Concert

By Louis Stewart

Label: Livia Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Stella By Starlight; 2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West; But Beautiful; All The Things You Are; Saint Thomas; My Funny Valentine; How Deep Is The Ocean; In A Sentimental Mood.

Louis The First

By Louis Stewart

Label: Livia Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: All The Things You Are; Bluesology; Body and Soul; Send In The Clowns; O Grande Amor; Here’s That Rainy Day; Alone Together; Autumn Leaves; Footprints.