Alex Stewart
Professor, Jazz Studies and Ethnomusicology
Director, University Jazz Ensemble
- Ph.D. (Ethnomusicology), Graduate Center of the City University of New York
- M.M. (Jazz and Commercial Studies), Manhattan School of Music
- B.F.A. (Music Education), Long Island University, C.W. Post
BIO
Before joining ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s music department in 1999, Dr. Stewart was a freelance saxophonist and woodwind player in New York City. Currently he directs the Big Band and performs with Jazzismo as well as other jazz groups. During 2006-07, he was a Fulbright Scholar researching Afro-Mexican music and culture in Oaxaca, Mexico. Additionally, he has served as a consultant in music copyright and intellectual property issues.
Groups accompanied: Alex Stewart has toured Europe and North America with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra (accompanying guest artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Dee Dee Bridgewater) and has appeared at major jazz festivals in Nice, Montreal, Biarritz, Saratoga, New York (JVC) and the North Sea. In 1999, along with members of the Funk Filharmonik, he accompanied Ray Charles in Sweden. More recently, he performed in Mexico with the Latin Jazz group .
Alex Stewart in the News
5/2/24 - (New York Times) - Prof. Stewart called as expert witness in copyright case involving Ed Sheeran and Marvin Gaye
1/24/2022 -Soundbites: Omicron Closes Clubs, Jazz Generation, and the Doug Perkins House Fire - Chris Farnsworth Seven Days
10/28/2021 - - Kaufman, Gil Billboard Magazine
Courses
- MU 007 - Intro to World Music Cultures
- MU 107 - World Music Cultures
- MU 113 - Seminar in Ethnomusicology
- MU 124 - University Jazz Ensemble
- MU 185 - Music Business and Copyright
- MU 195 - Culture and Politics of Latin American Music
- MU 259 - Theory and Practicum of Jazz Improv II
Publications
Area(s) of expertise
Jazz studies, improvisation, ethnomusicology
Bio
Before joining ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s music department in 1999, Dr. Stewart was a freelance saxophonist and woodwind player in New York City. Currently he directs the Big Band and performs with Jazzismo as well as other jazz groups. During 2006-07, he was a Fulbright Scholar researching Afro-Mexican music and culture in Oaxaca, Mexico. Additionally, he has served as a consultant in music copyright and intellectual property issues.
Groups accompanied: Alex Stewart has toured Europe and North America with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra (accompanying guest artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Dee Dee Bridgewater) and has appeared at major jazz festivals in Nice, Montreal, Biarritz, Saratoga, New York (JVC) and the North Sea. In 1999, along with members of the Funk Filharmonik, he accompanied Ray Charles in Sweden. More recently, he performed in Mexico with the Latin Jazz group .
Alex Stewart in the News
5/2/24 - (New York Times) - Prof. Stewart called as expert witness in copyright case involving Ed Sheeran and Marvin Gaye
1/24/2022 -Soundbites: Omicron Closes Clubs, Jazz Generation, and the Doug Perkins House Fire - Chris Farnsworth Seven Days
10/28/2021 - - Kaufman, Gil Billboard Magazine
Courses
- MU 007 - Intro to World Music Cultures
- MU 107 - World Music Cultures
- MU 113 - Seminar in Ethnomusicology
- MU 124 - University Jazz Ensemble
- MU 185 - Music Business and Copyright
- MU 195 - Culture and Politics of Latin American Music
- MU 259 - Theory and Practicum of Jazz Improv II
Publications
Areas of Expertise
Jazz studies, improvisation, ethnomusicology