Slam Stewart

• Name — Slam Stewart • Birth Name — Leroy Elliott Stewart • Born — 21 September 1914 • Birthplace — Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. • Died — 10 December 1987 • Place of death — Binghamton, New York, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Double bass • Years Active — mid-1930s–1987

• Illustration — Stewart at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California, on April 28, 1981 Stewart was born in Englewood, New Jersey, United States, and began playing string bass while attending Dwight Morrow High School. While attending the Boston Conservatory, he heard Ray Perry singing along with his violin. This gave him the inspiration to follow suit with his bass. In 1937, Stewart teamed with Slim Gaillard to form the novelty jazz act Slim & Slam. The duo's biggest hit was "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)" in 1938. Stewart found regular session work throughout the 1940s with Lester Young, Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, Johnny Guarnieri, Red Norvo, Don Byas, Benny Goodman, and Beryl Booker. One of the most famous sessions he played on took place in 1945, when Stewart played with Dizzy Gillespie's group (which featured Charlie Parker). Out of those sessions came some of the classics of bebop such as "Groovin' High" and "Dizzy Atmosphere". Stewart taught at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and at Yale University. He died of congestive heart failure on December 10, 1987, in Binghamton, aged 73.

• Slam Stewart (1946) • Slam Bam (1971) • Slamboree (1972) • Fish Scales (1975) • Two Big Mice (1977) • Dialogue (1978) • Shut Yo' Mouth! (1981) with Major Holley • The Cats Are Swingin (1987)

• Benny Goodman Sextet, Slipped Disc, 1945–46 (1990) • Art Tatum, Art Tatum Live 1951–1953 Volume 6 (2004) • Joe Turner, Big Joe Turner, Texas Style (Black & Blue, 1971)

• Hellzapoppin (1941) • Almost Married (1942) • Boy! What a Girl! (1947)

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