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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. In the 70s Louis Stewart was a member of the "Ronnie Scott Quartet" in London

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.

New Releases From Isaiah Collier, Friends And Neighbours, The Choir Invisible And More

by Bob Osborne
March 21, 2024

On this show we feature new releases from Isaiah Collier, Friends and Neighbours, The Choir Invisible, Jonas Cambien, Lynne Arriale, Vijay Iyer with Linda May Han Oh and Tyshawn Sorey, Jim Baker with Steve Hunt and Jakob Heinemann, Louis Stewart, David Leon, Old Mountain featuring Tony Malaby, Sonic Tender, Vinicius Cantuaria, Dave Douglas, Giuseppe Doronzo with ...

John Donegan - The Irish Sextet: Light Streams

by Ian Patterson
February 20, 2024

Irish pianist John Donegan may not be a household name, but the Cork musician has walked with giants, playing with the likes of Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Barney Kessel and Ireland's own jazz great, guitarist Louis Stewart. He has also been on something of a roll with his Irish sextet, with Light Streams quickly following on ...

Louis Stewart's Out On His Own: A Landmark Solo Guitar Recording

by Ian Patterson
January 5, 2024

Dublin's finest export? Not Guinness, but Irish jazz guitarist Louis Stewart (January 5, 1944--August 20, 2016). A guitarist of tremendous skill, invention and personality, Stewart was certainly the first world-class jazz musician to emerge from Ireland and make a name on the international stage. During a fifty-plus-year career, Stewart played with Benny Goodman, ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2024

If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...

Some Other Blues

Label: Livia Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Yesterdays; You Stepped Out Of a Dream; I Only Have Time To Say I Love You; Minority; I’ll Remember April; If You Could See Me Now; Some Other Blues; Some Time Ago; Singin’ In The Rain.

Out On His Own

By Louis Stewart

Label: Livia Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blue Bossa; Windows; Darn That Dream; Wave; She Moved Through The Fair; Make Someone Happy; I’m All Smiles; Stella By Starlight; Lazy Afternoon; Invitation; I’m Old Fashioned; General Mojo’s Well Laid Plans; What’s New; I’ll Remember April; Spring Is Here; Blues; Forest Flower; What’s New (alternate take); Spring Is Here (alternate take).

Kaisa Mäensivu, Jacob Young, Debora Petrina, Mowgli & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 11, 2023

This week we focus on a bunch of projects that put lots of seemingly disparate elements into a blender and come up with distinctive sounds, from the smooth to the edgy.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Kaisa's Machine “Dream Machine" Taking Shape (Greenleaf) 0:16 ...

New Music From Formanek's Elusion Quartet And More

by Bob Osborne
June 22, 2023

On this show the featured album is the new release from Michael Formanek's Elusion Quartet. There is also new music from Jim Alfredson, Laila Ferman, Guzmán Calzada & Sofía Scheps, Louis Stewart & Noel Kelehan, Joëlle Léandre with Craig Taborn & Mat Maneri, Juan Pastor / Chinchano, Javier Red's Imagery Convertor, Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, and, ...