Luke Stewart is the Avant Music Editor of CapitalBop.com. He writes regularly for the site, for others, and in his spare time.
Luke Stewart is a DC/NYC-based musician and organizer of important musical presentations. He also has a presence in the national and international professional music community. He was profiled in the Washington Post in early 2017 as “holding down the jazz scene,” selected as “Best Musical Omnivore” in the Washington City Paper’s 2017 “Best of DC,” chosen as “Jazz Artist of the Year” for 2017 in the District Now, and in the 2014 People Issue of the Washington City Paper as a “Jazz Revolutionary,” citing his multi-faceted cultural activities throughout DC. In DC his regular ensembles include experimental jazz trio Heart of the Ghost, Low Ways Quartet featuring guitarist Anthony Pirog, and experimental rock duo Blacks’ Myths. As a solo artist, he has been compiling a series of improvisational sound structures for Upright Bass and Amplifier. As a scholar/performer, he has performed and lectured at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Medgar Evers College, George Mason University, Wayne State University, University of Montana, New Mexico State University, and the University of South Carolina. He holds a BA in International Studies and a BA in Audio Production from American University, and an MA in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship from the New School. Reach Luke at luke@capitalbop.com.
Interviews
- Interview with Saxophonist Kenny Garrett
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- Interview with Bassist Shayna Dulberger
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- Special Feature on Flutist Nicole Mitchell
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- Interview with Taylor Ho Bynum and Mary Halvorson about Anthony Braxton
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- Interview with Bassist John Hebert
Published on CapitalBop - Interview with Multi-Instrumentalist Don Byron
Published on CapitalBop - Interview with Saxophonist Steve Coleman
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- Interview with Saxophonist David Murray
Published on CapitalBop - Interview with Bassist Trevor Dunn
Published on CapitalBop - Interview with Multi-Instrumentalist Bill Cole
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- Interview with Bassist William Parker
Published on CapitalBop - Interview with Drummer Nasar Abadey
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- Interview with Guitarist Ed Ricart
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Album Reviews
- Album Review of Blake Meister’s Septagon
Published on CapitalBop - Album Review of Janel and Anthony’s Where is Home Published on CapitalBop
- Album Review of Elijah Jamal Balbed’s Checking In Published on CapitalBop
- Album Review of Chad Carter’s Let Me Love You Published on CapitalBop
- Album Review of Herman Burney’s Offering
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- Album Review of Reginald Cyntje’s Freedm’s Children: A Celebration Published on CapitalBop
- Album Review of Brian Settles’ Central Union’s Secret Handshake Published on CapitalBop
Live Reviews
- Live Review of Saxophonist Edward Wilkerson Jr. and Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Cellist Janel Leppin’s Volcanic Ash
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Vijay Iyer’s and Mike Ladd’s ‘Holding it Down’ Published on CapitalBop
- Live Lecture Review of Pianist Randy Weston
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Drummer William Hooker
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Pianist Cecil Taylor
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- Live Review of Saxophonist Marshall Allen
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- Live Review of Saxophonist Joe McPhee’s Trio X
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Pianist Dwayne Adell
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Saxophonist Sonny Rollins
Published on CapitalBop - Live Review of Brian Settles’ Central Union
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Profiles
- Profile of Radio Personality Jamal Muhammad
Published on CapitalBop - Profile of Pianist Allyn Johnson
Published on CapitalBop - Profile of Saxophonist Darius Jones
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