Bill Stewart!

And...we're back.

Hope you all had a nice summer and now that September's here, it's time to get to work and back in the swing of things, so to speak...

And what better way to do so than with a few doses of inspiration from the great Bill Stewart, shown here in a quartet with John Scofield, Joe Lovano and Ben Street:



Some B3 organ trio action featuring Stewart with Peter Bernstein and Larry Goldings on Miles Davis' "Milestones":



And this one is a repost but it's so darn good, here it is again (!) featuring Bill Stewart close-up and in action with Nicolas Payton's trio from a few years back at Washington D.C.'s Jazz Alley:



Here's an older interview from DRUM! Magazine:

https://drummagazine.com/in-conversation-with-bill-stewart/

And a feature from Jazz Times by columnist and distinguished Jazz author Nate Chinen:

https://jazztimes.com/features/bill-stewart-the-tie-that-binds/

Finally, here's a more recent interview with pianist Pablo Held whose ongoing interview series offers some real depth and insight into the minds of Jazz music's current generation of creative artists: