- Bob Stewart (musician)
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Name = Bob Stewart
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Born =February 3 ,1945 Sioux Falls ,South Dakota ,United States
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Instrument =Tuba
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Genre =Jazz
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Notable_instruments =Bob Stewart is an American
jazz tubist . He was born onFebruary 3 ,1945 inSioux Falls ,South Dakota .Citation | last =Wynn | first =Ron | year =1994 | title =All Music Guide to Jazz | place =San Francisco | publisher =Miller Freeman | page=602 | isbn =0879303085]Stewart is a freelance concert artist, educator, and studio musician.cite web |url=http://www.bobstewartuba.com/ |title=Bob Stewart |accessdate=2008-06-01 |publisher=JazzCorner |format=Flash ] He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the
Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts and his Masters in Education fromLehman College Graduate School. Stewart taught music in Pennsylvaniapublic school s and at theFiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts inNew York City . He is now a professor at theJuilliard School and is a "Distinguished Lecturer" atLehman College .Stewart has toured and recorded with such artists as
Charles Mingus ,Gil Evans ,Carla Bley , David Murray, Taj Mahal,Dizzy Gillespie ,McCoy Tyner ,Arthur Blythe ,Freddie Hubbard , Don Cherry,Nicholas Payton ,Wynton Marsalis ,Charlie Haden ,Lester Bowie and many others both in the United States,Europe and theFar East . In their review of Blythe's album "Lenox Avenue Breakdown ", the editors of "The Penguin Guide to Jazz " called Stewart's title track solo "one of the few genuinely important tuba statements in jazz."cite book|last=Cook|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Cook|coauthors=Brian Morton|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear=1992|edition=8th ed.|series=The Penguin Guide to Jazz |year=2006|publisher=Penguin|location=New York|language=English|isbn=0-141-02327-9|page=p. 139]ee also
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Escalator Over The Hill "References
External links
* [http://www.iteaonline.org/journal.shtml Odyssey of a Tuba Jazz Master: Interview with Bob Stewart by Sérgio Carolino]
* [http://www.tubanews.com/articles/contentid-216.html Interview with Bob Stewart on Tuba News] , written by Sergio Carolino.
* [http://composers-classical-music.com/s/StewartBob.htm]
* [http://www.bobstewartuba.com Bob Stewart Official Website]
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