Louis Stewart

Musical Artist

1944 –

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Who is Louis Stewart?

Louis Stewart is an Irish jazz guitarist, and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin. He began his international career in 1968, when he was awarded the special jury prize at The Montreux International Jazz Festival. Shortly thereafter he began working with Benny Goodman, an association that lasted three years, and gave way to an extended period of prominence with the late English saxophonist/flautist Tubby Hayes.

As a member of Ronnie Scott's quartet and quintet for several years, Louis began recording as leader in the mid-1970s, making albums with Sam Jones and Billy Higgins, with Peter Ind, and later, with Red Mitchell, saxophonist Spike Robinson, pianist Bill Charlap, and now, more recently again, a new CD, recorded in Venice with alto great Peter King.

In the 70s Louis began his lengthy association with George Shearing. He began working with Canadian genius-orchestrator and arranger, Robert Farnon, in 1976, and at least ten albums resulted: with singers Joe Williams, Carol Kidd and two with Eileen Farrell, two with Shearing and with trombone legend J.J. Johnson, on all of which he is a prominently featured soloist.

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Born
Jan 5, 1944
Waterford

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on July 23, 2013

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