Louis Stewart
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Biography
Louis Stewart, born on January 5, 1944, in Waterford, Ireland, was an Irish jazz guitarist. He began playing guitar at age thirteen and started his career performing in Dublin showbands. In 1968, he won the award for most outstanding soloist at the Montreux Jazz Festival, leading to collaborations with Benny Goodman and a move to London where he recorded his subsequent albums. Throughout the mid-1970s, Stewart worked extensively with George Shearing, touring internationally and recording several albums. He received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College in 1998 and was elected to Aosdána in 2009. Louis Stewart passed away on August 20, 2016, in Harold's Cross, Dublin.
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- My Heart Stood Still
- I Wished on the Moon
- What Is There to Say ?
- Button up Your Overcoat
- I Surrender Dear
- Comme Ci, Comme Ca
- This Can't Be Love
- A Nightingale Sang in Berklee Square featuring Louis Stewart
- Blue Lights featuring Louis Stewart
- Yardbird Suite featuring Louis Stewart
- Curtains featuring Louis Stewart
- Stairway to the Stars featuring Louis Stewart
- The Song is You featuring Louis Stewart
- Yesterdays featuring Louis Stewart
- What´s New featuring Louis Stewart
- Broadway
- Line for Lyons featuring Louis Stewart
- I Remember You
- It Could Happen to You
- You Go to My Head
- Stairway to the Stars by Louis Stewart
