Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart (September 21, 1914–December 10, 1987)[1] was an American jazz double bass player, whose trademark style was his ability to bow the bass (arco) and simultaneously hum or sing an octave higher. He was a violinist before switching to bass at the age of 20.
American jazz double bassist
Slam Stewart
Slam Stewart, c. 1946
Background information
Birth name
Leroy Elliott Stewart
Born
(1914-09-21)September 21, 1914 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
December 10, 1987(1987-12-10) (aged73) Binghamton, New York. U.S.
Stewart was born in Englewood, New Jersey, United States[2] and began playing string bass while attending Dwight Morrow High School.[3] While attending the Boston Conservatory, he heard Ray Perry singing along with his violin.[1] This gave him the inspiration to follow suit with his bass.[1] In 1937, Stewart teamed with Slim Gaillard to form the novelty jazz act Slim and Slam.[1] The duo's biggest hit was "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)" in 1938.[1]
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.[1] 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".
He 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.[4]
Discography
"Groovin' High", written by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
This sample highlights Slam Stewart's style of bowing and simultaneously singing/humming one octave higher. Stewart's solo picks up at the end of a Charlie Parker saxophone solo and leads into a trumpet solo by Dizzy Gillespie.
Stewart, Slam (Leroy Elliot)Archived 2012-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Accessed February 4, 2013. "Leroy Elliot Slam Stewart was born on September 21st, 1914 in Englewood, New Jersey. Stewart started his musical journey at age six playing the violin. Claiming he didn't care for the timbre of the violin, Stewart switched to the string bass while attending Dwight Morrow High School."
"Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 26 December 1987. p.93. Retrieved August 2, 2021– via Google Books.
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