Bob Stewart
A virtuoso tuba player, Bob Stewart's solos explore his instrument's full range and show its ability to serve as both lead and support within the jazz ensemble. He rivals Howard Johnson in terms of demonstrating depth, facility, and imagination on tuba. Stewart began playing trumpet at ten, and studied trumpet and tuba at the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts. He taught in the public school system in Pennsylvania, then later played in a traditional jazz band at a Philadelphia club. Stewart moved to New York in the late '60s, and joined the tuba ensemble Substructure. He played with Carla Bley, Frank Foster's Loud Minority, and the orchestras of Sam Rivers and Gil Evans in the late '60s. Stewart was a featured member of Arthur Blythe's mid-'70s band that recorded for Columbia, and also worked with the Globe Unity Orchestra, Charles Mingus, and McCoy Tyner. Stewart played with David Murray's big band, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, and Henry Threadgill's orchestra in the '80s and into the '90s, in addition to performing with Howard Johnson's all-tuba group Gravity.
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Discography
7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Then & Now
Bob Stewart, Taj Mahal, Steve Turre
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Postcards Records on 24 Sep 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fishin' Blues (With Taj Mahal)
Blues - Released by Postcards Records on 11 Feb 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bluebells
Christof Lauer, Wolfgang Puschnig, Bob Stewart, Thomas Alkier
Jazz - Released by Silva Screen Records Ltd on 1 Apr 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Connections-Mind the Gap
Jazz - Released by Sunnyside on 5 Aug 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Big Kneed Gal (with Taj Mahal) (feat. Fred Griffen & Marshall Sealy)
Blues - Released by Postcards Records on 25 Feb 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
King Porter Stomp (feat. James Zollar & Graham Haynes)
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Postcards Records on 4 Mar 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Touch Of Latin
Jazz - Released by Bsa Entertainment on 1 Jan 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo