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As a band leader, recording artist, and featured soloist Mr. Stewart’s playing has been featured on over 80 recordings. He has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Gil Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Charlie Haden, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Carla Bley, Wynton Marsalis, Jason Moran, Lester Bowie, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, Arthur Blythe, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, David Murray, Chaka Khan, Dap Kings, Aretha Franklin to name a few.
With decades of experience in public education Mr. Stewart now also works with Jazz at Lincoln Center as an educational consultant, advisor to the Rhythm Road project, and has helped to create the curriculum for the Middle School Jazz Academy. Another highlight from Mr. Stewart’s distinguished educational career includes winning the nationally-renowned Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition while directing The LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts & Music and Art Jazz Ensemble.
Bob has also been honored to serve as a panelist for the New York State Council of the Arts, worked as a consultant for JazzMobile, and was a clinician for the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp in New Orleans. He has appeared in Ken Burns’ “Jazz” series and was the subject of an award-winning, feature-length documentary entitled “Jazz on a Winter’s Day” and is a Grammy-Nominated Tubist . While concertizing and touring both in the United States and internationally, Bob Stewart maintains a faculty position as professor of Jazz History at The Juilliard School. In 2012, Mr. Stewart established “The Annual Bob Stewart Tuba Competition” to inspire tuba players to lead their own ensembles helping to establish new tuba repertoire.
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Michael Blake: Combobulate
by Chris May
The instrumentation alone promises something out of the ordinary. Saxophone, two tubas, trumpet, trombone, drums. Then there are the musicians, luminaries of downtown New York jazz. Michael Blake, Bob Stewart, Marcus Rojas, Steven Bernstein, Clark Gayton, Allan Mednard. And within seconds of the needle descending on track one, side one, Combobulate starts delivering on the promise. The album is one of four marking the return of audiophile-vinyl label Newvelle after a two-year hiatus. The approximate meaning of its ...
read moreBob Stewart: Brassy Bass Lines
by Matthew Miller
Over his 40-year career, tubaist Bob Stewart has redefined his instrument's role in modern jazz. His thundering, breathy grooves and fluid improvisations have been integral to the work of a who's who of creative musicians, including Arthur Blythe, David Murray and Carla Bley, as well as to Stewart's own impressive discography as a leader.
All About Jazz: For those who aren't aware, would you talk a little about your background? Bob Stewart: Well, my ... read moreBob Stewart: Then & Now
by Glenn Astarita
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 ...
read moreJohn Clark: I Will
by Glenn Astarita
French hornist John Clark along with his venerable band-mates go straight to the heart with their expressive and altogether grand rendition of Coltrane’s hypnotically melodic, “India”. Bright, rousing horn charts, and fluent phrasing by Clark get things off to a rather rapid and somewhat boisterous start! Here, the pre-eminent french hornist and his fine cast including, drummer Bruce Ditmas, saxophonists Alex Foster, Chris Hunter and others assist Clark in compiling this outstanding production consisting of jazz standards and Clark originals. ...
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by Joel Roberts
The French horn is not the first instrument that comes to mind when one thinks of jazz. In modern jazz history, there have been only a handful of musicians -- David Amram, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller -- who have achieved any acclaim on the instrument. John Clark is another. A veteran of the progressive big bands of Gil Evans, Carla Bley, and McCoy Tyner, and a current member of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Clark is probably the most in-demand ...
read more3rd 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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Tubaist Bob Stewart Interviewed at AAJ
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All About Jazz
Over his 40-year career, tubaist Bob Stewart has redefined his instrument's role in modern jazz. His thundering, breathy grooves and fluid improvisations have been integral to the work of a who's who of creative musicians, including Arthur Blythe, David Murray and Carla Bley, as well as to Stewart's own impressive discography as a leader.
AAJ Contributor Matthew Miller spoke with Stewart about his early years, the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Charles Mingus and more.
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Bob Stewart/Adam Makowicz in Concert September 17th 3pm at Merkin Concert Hall
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All About Jazz
BOB STEWART ADAM MAKOWICZ IN CONCERT
WITH VIRGIL SCOTT AND HIS 16-PIECE JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND THE TEDD FIRTH TRIO
A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO SOS, THE SOCIETY OF SINGERS"
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17 AT 3PM
MERKIN CONCERT HALL AT KAUFMAN CENTER GOODMAN HOUSE 129 WEST 67TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10023 BOX OFFICE 212 501 ...
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The Tuba Project Featuring Bob Stewart Saturday June 25th at Cornelia St Cafe
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All About Jazz
Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St. a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987 Saturday Jun 25 9:00PM THE TUBA PROJECT FEATURING BOB STEWART Lucian Ban, piano; Alex Harding, baritone sax, bass cl; Bruce Williams, alto sax, flutes; Bob Stewart, ...
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Ray Anderson Solos & Duos with Bob Stewart at Cornelia Street Cafe Thursday, October 7th 9PM
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All About Jazz
Thursday, October 7th, 2004 Ray Anderson Solo Trombone Concert 1st Set: 9:00PM Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (in Greenwich Village) (212) 989-9319 2nd Set: 10:15PM Featuring: The Heavy Metal Duo: Ray Anderson, trombone & Bob Stewart, tuba Songs from their recent CD: Work Songs and Other Spirituals" which will be available at the concert. Cover charge: $12 The solo concert is many ways the most challenging of musical forms. There is no support underneath or above, no one else ...
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AllAboutJazz-New York Presents "1s & 2s: Music for Solo & Duo" features Ray Anderson and Bob Stewart!
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All About Jazz