Bob Stewart (born February 3, 1945) is an American jazz tuba player and music teacher.

Early life and education

Stewart was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts and a Master of Education from Lehman College.

Discography

As leader

  • 1987: First Line (JMT)
  • 1988: Goin' Home (JMT)
  • 2000: Then & Now (Postcards) with Taj Majal, Carlos Ward, Steve Turre, and Graham Haynes
  • 2008: Heavy Metal Duo: Work Songs and Other Spirituals

As sideman

With Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora and Francisco Mora Catlett's AfroHORN

  • Jazz: A Music of the Spirit (Amedian, 2019)

With Ray Anderson

  • It Just So Happens (Enja, 1987)

With Arthur Blythe

  • Metamorphosis (1977)
  • The Grip (1977)
  • Bush Baby (1978)
  • Lenox Avenue Breakdown (Columbia, 1979)
  • Illusions (1980)
  • Blythe Spirit (1981)
  • Elaborations (1982)
  • Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk (1983)
  • Hipmotism (Enja, 1991)
  • Night Song (Clarity, 1997)
  • Spirits in the Field (Savant, 2000)
  • Focus (Savant, 2002)
  • Exhale (Savant, 2003)

With Henry Butler

  • The Village (1987, Impulse!)

With Uri Caine

  • The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley (Winter & Winter, 1999)
  • The Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter, 2000)

With Don Cherry

  • Multikuti (A&M, 1990)

With Gil Evans

  • There Comes a Time (RCA, 1975)
  • Priestess (Antilles, 1977 [1983])
  • Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (RCA, 1979)

With Bill Frisell

  • Rambler

With Dizzy Gillespie and Machito

  • Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Pablo, 1975)

With Howard Johnson and Gravity

  • Gravity!!! (Verve, 1996)
  • Right Now! (Verve, 1997)
  • Testimony (Tuscarora, 2017)

With Chris Joris

  • Songs For Mbizo (VKH Tonesetters, 1991 and Jazz Halo/Omnitone, 2002) – with 1976 recordings

With David Murray

  • Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 (Black Saint, 1984)
  • Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (Black Saint, 1984)
  • David Murray Big Band (DIW/Columbia, 1991)

With Charles Mingus

  • Let My Children Hear Music (Columbia, 1972)
  • Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972)

With Sam Rivers

  • Crystals (Impulse!, 1974)
  • Inspiration (BMG France, 1999)
  • Culmination (BMG France, 1999)

With Herb Robertson

  • Shades of Bud Powell (JMT, 1988)

References

  • Odyssey of a Tuba Jazz Master: Interview with Bob Stewart by Sérgio Carolino
  • Interview with Bob Stewart on Tuba News, written by Sergio Carolino.
  • Bob Stewart Official Website