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Dec 30, 2012 · Ray Anderson (trombone) and Bob Stewart (tuba), the Heavy Metal Duo, play Arthur Blythe's classic tune "Lenox Avenue Breakdown." Stewart may have the best tuba solo ever to be on the...
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Lenox Avenue Breakdown is an album by jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe. It was released by Columbia Records in 1979 and reissued by Koch Jazz in 1998. The album reached No. 35 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart in 1979.
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Aug 12, 2016 · Bob Stewart the longest serving member of Arthur Blythe’s band, played an important part on Lenox Avenue Breakdown. Especially on the title-track, a thirteen minute epic, where he delivered what’s considered one of the finest tuba solos in modern jazz.
In their review of Blythe's album Lenox Avenue Breakdown, the editors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz called Stewart's title track solo "one of the few genuinely important tuba statements in jazz."
Feb 13, 2024 · The title track, “Lenox Avenue Breakdown”, is a 13-minute saga that grows from the blues and modal writing and evolves into a complex and lively piece that showcases the solos by Blythe, Newton, and Stewart. Stewart’s long solo here is one of the rare and significant tuba statements in jazz.
Beginning in 2000 he made recordings on Savant Records which included Exhale (2003) with John Hicks (piano), Bob Stewart (tuba), and Cecil Brooks III (drums). Blythe died from complications of Parkinson's disease in Lancaster, California, at the age of 76. Discography As leader
Jan 31, 2024 · That's it bar a dodgy fourfer. Blythe fronts a septet completed by flautist James Newton, tubaist Bob Stewart, guitarist James Blood Ulmer, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Guillermo Franco. Producer is Bob Thiele.
