"Renowned Irish jazz guitarist Louis Stewart has passed away in Dublin. The first Irish jazz musician of international stature, he was idolised by successive generations of guitarists and may be held responsible for the preponderance of that instrument in Irish jazz today.
He had the distinction - accorded only to the very greatest jazz musicians - of being referred to by his first name only: to his fellow musicians, and to his many devoted fans, he was known simply as “Louis”.
In a career that spanned six decades, Stewart played with many of the greats of jazz, including legendary US band-leader Benny Goodman and the great English pianist, George Shearing.
During the 1970s, Stewart was a regular in the Ronnie Scott quintet, playing almost nightly in the saxophonist’s eponymous Soho club, where his playing attracted the attention of some of the leading jazz musicians of the day. Among the guitarists who admired Stewart’s playing were giants of US jazz like Jim Hall, Joe Pass and Mundell Lowe...." RTE
I chiefy remember him in the quartet and big band of Tubby Hayes.
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He had the distinction - accorded only to the very greatest jazz musicians - of being referred to by his first name only: to his fellow musicians, and to his many devoted fans, he was known simply as “Louis”.
In a career that spanned six decades, Stewart played with many of the greats of jazz, including legendary US band-leader Benny Goodman and the great English pianist, George Shearing.
During the 1970s, Stewart was a regular in the Ronnie Scott quintet, playing almost nightly in the saxophonist’s eponymous Soho club, where his playing attracted the attention of some of the leading jazz musicians of the day. Among the guitarists who admired Stewart’s playing were giants of US jazz like Jim Hall, Joe Pass and Mundell Lowe...." RTE
I chiefy remember him in the quartet and big band of Tubby Hayes.
BN.