At 79, he continues full-throttle with a busy year. Highlights in 2024 include his 200th show at his Las Vegas residency, an ongoing world tour and a new swing album.
Swing Fever” is a collaboration with Jools Holland and the talk show host-musician’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and tackles some timeless tunes from the Big Band era, like “Pennies From Heaven,” “Lullaby of Broadway” and “Sentimental Journey.”
No stranger to the American songbook, Stewart had one request for Holland: “I’m not going to do any slow songs,” Stewart said. “I want all upbeat happy song, which we need in these grim times that we live in.”
Stewart expressed gratitude singing songs crafted at a time when a songwriter was a specific job, before bands wrote their own.
Holland, who began his career with the 1980s band, Squeeze, joked on how the paradigm shifted.
think the Beatles were to blame. I think everybody thought they could write songs after that. So bands always kept doing it,” Holland said.
Stewart, who has written his share of hits, was happy to concentrate on crooning.
Stewart was recently
Stewart expressed gratitude singing songs crafted at a time when a songwriter was a specific job, before bands wrote their own.
Holland, who began his career with the 1980s band, Squeeze, joked on how the paradigm shifted.
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