A couple of months ago, Livia Records issued The Dublin Concert, a previously unreleased live recording of Louis Stewart with Jim Hall in 1982. Livia has now released another album of the great Irish guitarist in a guitar duo setting: [...]
Since 2023, Livia Records have meticulously restored and re-released three Louis Stewart albums: Some Other Blues, Out On His Own and Louis the First. Now they’ve released a rarity that will surely have jazz-guitar fans salivating: a cleaned-up and previously [...]
Rob Adams writes: Dublin-based Livia Records has announced the September release of a previously unissued recording by two of the world’s leading jazz guitarists, Jim Hall and Louis Stewart. The recording took place in Dublin at Christmas 1982 after Hall [...]
Entitling your debut album as leader Louis the First could smack of hubris, given the kingly suggestion of a regnal name and number. But by 1975, when this recently dusted-down album was originally recorded, the Irish guitarist Louis Stewart already [...]
Jazz albums featuring nothing but guitar and piano are such a rarity that until recently – excepting the two Bill Evans / Jim Hall collaborations Undercurrent (1962) and Intermodulation (1966) – I’d have struggled to name any. Even the two [...]
There’s no doubt that Louis Stewart (1944-2016) ranks among the finest jazz guitar players, just ask one and they’ll talk about the Waterford man’s sense of musicality, virtuosity and sumptuous tone. He was an integral part of one of Tubby [...]
Yes, this is THE Dave Stewart – songwriter, producer and guitarist; probably best known for his and Annie Lennox’s pop band, Eurythmics. But readers already half-raising an eyebrow of scepticism, fearing an over-engineered piece of techno-fusion can relax: this album [...]
This Mosaic collection, limited to 3,500 copies worldwide, chronicles two fascinating decades of Louis Armstrong’s recording activity. At no stage is it ever less than revelatory. Seven CDs, as well as 30,000 words and some rare photos from Armstrong’s chief [...]
Spondance is a 1986 octet performance of a jazz suite written by the pianist Jim Doherty, featuring his close friend Louis Stewart on guitar, plus six Los Angeles musicians: Bobby Shew (trumpet, flugelhorn), Bob Sheppard (alto sax), Gordon Brisker (tenor [...]
Dermot Rogers tells the story of how he relaunched Ireland’s first jazz label Livia Records, and discovered a trove of landmark recordings by Irish guitar legend Louis Stewart. Several have been remastered and reissued, with recordings from other notable Irish [...]
