Curtis continues to bring a voice of color into the world of instruments, and he shows no signs of slowing down his pace at all.
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Curtis Stewart’s solo exercise Of Power is a tribute to the nauseating sensation of being haunted by those souvenirs.
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What I try to do is pose problems for people to solve conceptually as they're listening. So, the music itself is convincing enough to show that there can be electronics, hip hop, improvisation, and still be classical music. I've been trying to address this question and pose as many conceptual problems for people to solve in their own heads.
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We caught up with him on July 1 as the world of COVID slows down to talk about his life in music and his brand new 2021 CD Bright Shiny Things .. It is a post-classical coming of agency album inspired by #BLM featuring songs of resistance and resilience for violin, voice, and electronics ..
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“Stewart seems disarmingly honest in his deeply personal and frequently compelling poetry, singing, confessions, and lamentations.”
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..The trail this album blazes is one of the directions serious music is taking today in search of relevance for our time
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“Have you ever wondered what would happen if Paganini met trap beats and 8-bit heart emojis? This combo was the quarantine brainchild of violinist Curtis Stewart, and the resulting “Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11” is one of 17 new tracks on his forthcoming album Of Power, which features music of resistance and resilience.”
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“JazzTimes is honored to present the premiere of the video for “Scrapple” by Grammy-nominated violinist Curtis Stewart. The track, based on Charlie Parker’s “Scrapple from the Apple,” appears on Stewart’s new album Of Power, a solo collection of original and reimagined pieces inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement; arranged for violin, voice, and electronics; and created during the COVID-19 lockdown. The album is scheduled for release by Bright Shiny Things/Outside in Music on June 19, African American Freedom Day.”
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“GRAMMY-nominated violinist Curtis Stewart will release his new album, Of Power, on June 18 via Outside in Music. The album is described as a post-classical coming of agency album inspired by #BlackLivesMatter, featuring songs of resistance and resilience for violin, voice and electronics.”
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“At times, there’s nothing more haunting than looking in the mirror… change only comes when you see the reality you’ve become; and the lyrical & sonic weave Curtis crafted for “Until the Glass Breaks” is among the scariest sonic journeys I’ve ever been on – a true psychological thriller with beautiful violin.”
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“Civil rights jazz through a lens of classical music and solo violin. Ringing out a sense of struggle from his bow, Stewart encapsulates mournfulness and hope at the same time doing it through a disparate set of sounds that make this a recital that’s one for the books. Interesting stuff for inquiring minds.”
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