Bill Stewart (musician)
William Harris "Bill" Stewart (* 18th October 1966 in Des Moines , Iowa ) is an American jazz - drummer .
Stewart, who comes from a musical family, has been playing drums since he was seven. He studied at the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls , where he played in the orchestra as well as in various jazz and marching bands. From 1986 to 1988 he studied at William Patterson College with Dave Samuels , Rufus Reid and Harold Mabern . Here he met Joe Lovano and made his first recordings with Scott Kreitzer and Armen Donelian .
In 1988 he went to Brooklyn . Here he worked a. a. in a trio with Larry Goldings and Peter Bernstein . He worked on several Maceo Parker albums , was a member of John Scofield's band from 1990 to 1995 and replaced Adam Nussbaum in a new edition of the John Scofield Trio with Steve Swallow . At the turn of the millennium he played in a trio with Pat Metheny and Larry Grenadier . With Kevin Hays and Larry Goldings he founded the Bill Stewart Trio.
Discography (selection)
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- 1989: Think Before You Think - with Mark Cohen , Dave Holland , Joe Lovano
- 1995: Snide Remarks - with Bill Carrothers , Larry Grenadier , Eddie Henderson , Joe Lovano
- 1996: Telepathy - with Seamus Blake , Bill Carrothers, Larry Grenadier, Steve Wilson
- 2005: Drum Crazy
- 2007: Markus Schieferdecker , Stereo Society - with Lutz Häfner , Rudi Mahall , Kevin Hays
Lexicon entry
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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- ↑ Chart sources: Germany Switzerland
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| SURNAME | Stewart, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stewart, William Harris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Des Moines , Iowa |