Bob Stewart has been rated "Number 1 male jazz/cabaret Singer" by AMG ALL MUSIC GUIDE
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:
"They've just about all gone. All the great crooners, Crosby, Sinatra, Haymes, Eckstine and so many more that used to sing songs that had real melodies and words that were literate and meaningful. Almost all gone, because we nostalgics still have
Bob Stewart and his new "Love Songs" album(VWCD-4111).
Jo Stafford used to call the onset of Rock and Roll. "The Reign of Terror", and how right she was- it drove good music away and into hiding.
But Bob is still around, singing in the New York area and his new album has him backed with silky strings and a swinging band doing the songs of yesteryear. His voice is still vibrant. tostesterone filled, lovingly wrapped around tunes like "Night and Day" and "The More I See You".Hear the way his tongue lingers over the word kisssss!
Say what you will about Bob, There's no denying that he gets into his songs, he gets involved. When he sings, for instance, "More mad about you, more lost without you", you have to believe he means it.
"Love Songs" is lush, textured and romantic - and where will you find romance in the songs of Britney Spears or the other screamers they call singers these days?"
Ken Meades, Radio Station WNOS,New Bern, NC
"...he has a marvelous sense of phrasing and a "fin de siecle" worldliness comparable to Sinatra in his prime. This is someone who has drunk deeply from life!"...Chuck Berg, JAZZ TIMES
"...Bob Stewart has one of the very best voices that I have ever heard!"...Ervin Drake, composer, "It Was A Very Good Year", "I Believe", Good Morning Heartache", more.
"...Sinatra died, Hartman died, Joe Williams died. --Thank God, we have Bob Stewart!"...Robert B. Parker author,"Spenser For Hire"
"...his sound is like the softest velvet. He created a lush seductive moment. The kind that tempt one to reach over to a loved one for a surreptitious hug or kiss. His treatment of lyrics has the touch of a master!"...VARIETY, Martin Schaeffer
"...a lyrically brilliant and sensitive vocal style. Bob Stewart joins my (short) list of favorite singers!"...NY Daily News
"...Stewart has been compared to Sinatra and Torme, and while I think he has a sound of his own, I can see the connection.Bob Stewart is a singer in that tradition, and as fine an exponent of that sound as any you will hear!"...NY POST, Bob Harrington
"...What happens when you mix Sinatra, Torme. Dick Haymes, Johnny Hartman, Billy Eckstine, Arthur Prysock and even a little bit of Mark Murphy?? answer: one hell of a singer such as Bob Stewart!"...Jimmy Morgan, WKHR 91.5FM Chagrin Falls, OH
"...Mr. Stewart's voice is rich timbered, open-throated and excitingly lyrical. His voice has a limber quality that allows him to go wherever he wants with no evidence of straining. And he really stretches his voice out, flowing with warm tenderness. It is a voice that is rare in its combination of range and complete control!"...Johnny Adams, Monterey County Post
"...Bob Stewart dazzled the room with a voice that would make a Bobby Soxer swoon. He is a singer's singer. He is one of the last and best of the lounge singers or saloon
singers. He is a top notch singer and a pleaure to listen to. He did justice to every song he sang.He makes the songs of yesterday seem brand new.The men and women who wrote these great songs should be proud to have a Bob Stewart rendition of them!"...Fred Tree, APPLAUSE!APPLAUSE!
"...pure class, a saloon singer par excellence!"...Patricia Myers, JAZZ TIMES
Dear Bob,
I enjoyed your album, the ambition in getting all those top-line players to surround yourself, and your great sense of acting, which I find essential to any truly great singing. I rarely get to review male singing of this stature, and I am grateful I received this opportunity.
John Barret
JAZZ IMPROV
"...Go see Bob Stewart and treat yourself to what good music and singing is all about!"...Donald Bain,
Jazzin' The Boulevard
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