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Bill Stewart

Bill Stewart is a drummer, composer, and bandleader known for his leader recordings, John Scofield collaborations, and a long-running organ trio.

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Career Overview

About Bill Stewart

Blue Note's biography follows Stewart from his studies at William Paterson through early recordings with Maceo Parker and five years in John Scofield's band. It identifies Snide Remarks as his 1995 recording debut as a leader and Telepathy as its 1997 follow-up.[1]

Gretsch documents a broader career as a composer, leader, and ensemble drummer, including Stewart's long-standing co-led trio with Larry Goldings and Peter Bernstein. Pirouet's Space Squid page presents a separate quartet with Seamus Blake, Bill Carrothers, and Ben Street performing ten Stewart originals.[2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, drummer, and composer

Bill Stewart Band

Stewart's leader catalog begins with the Blue Note albums Snide Remarks and Telepathy and continues through later independently assembled groups.[1][2]

Co-leader and drummer

Larry Goldings / Peter Bernstein / Bill Stewart

Gretsch identifies the organ trio as a long-standing collaboration, with Stewart sharing leadership alongside Goldings and Bernstein.[2]

Drummer

John Scofield groups

Blue Note records a five-year run in Scofield's band, while Gretsch retains Scofield among Stewart's principal affiliations.[1][2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1995 · Blue Note Records

Snide Remarks

Leader, drummer, and composer

Stewart's Blue Note leader debut features John Scofield and Joe Lovano and established the first documented chapter of his own catalog.[1]

Release details

1997 · Blue Note Records

Telepathy

Leader, drummer, and composer

The second Blue Note leader album continued the recording path begun by Snide Remarks and remains available through the label's artist page.[1]

Release details

2015 · Pirouet Records

Space Squid

Leader, drummer, and composer

The quartet recording brings Stewart together with Seamus Blake, Bill Carrothers, and Ben Street for ten originals and one standard.[3][2]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Blue Note leader catalog

Open the label's authorized stream and purchase paths for Snide Remarks and Telepathy.

Space Squid

Explore the complete track list and quartet personnel through Pirouet's official release page.

Live Calendar

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Bill Stewart

About Bill Stewart

Bands & Projects

Bill Stewart Band

Larry Goldings / Peter Bernstein / Bill Stewart

John Scofield groups

Recordings to Know

Snide Remarks

Telepathy

Space Squid

Start Listening

Blue Note leader catalog

Space Squid

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

BILL CHARLAP TRIO

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BILL CHARLAP TRIO

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BILL CHARLAP TRIO

BILL CHARLAP TRIO

BILL CHARLAP TRIO

BILL CHARLAP TRIO

Walter Smith III CMA Premiere Ensemble feat. Jason Moran, Matt Stevens, Matt Brewer and Bill Stewart

Walter Smith III CMA Premiere Ensemble feat. Jason Moran, Matt Stevens, Matt Brewer and Bill Stewart

Walter Smith III CMA Premiere Ensemble feat. Jason Moran, Matt Stevens, Matt Brewer and Bill Stewart

Walter Smith III CMA Premiere Ensemble feat. Jason Moran, Matt Stevens, Matt Brewer and Bill Stewart

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