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Jason Stewart
Jason has worked as a Guitarist in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 25 years. He was raised in San Francisco and started playing guitar at the age of 10. Five years later he was performing with jazz legend Les McCann at major jazz clubs in the city. After working with Les, Jason went on to lead several of his own groups—including the popular fusion group Phases.
During the ‘90s, Jason was part of the emerging blues scene in San Francisco. He worked with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Tommy Castro, Maria Muldaur, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, Mitch Woods, Red Archibald and Johnny Nitro and the Doorslammers. He also worked extensively with Kathleen Carins and Tattoo Blue, performing on the critically acclaimed release “Messin’ with the Wrong Girl.” Blues Review Magazine praised his performance on the album and he won the Outstanding Soloist Award at the 1996 Reno Jazz Festival.
In addition to performing popular music, Jason has played in several stage productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell and Grease. He was also the musical director for the critically acclaimed San Francisco comedy group S.F.Times. While working with S.F. Times, Jason composed music for comedy sketches and parodies as well as themes and background music for performances.
Jason has composed and produced five promotional compositions for the Aveda Corporation and WDG/West Inc. In 2007, Popular Vancouver guitarist Steve Grisbrook recorded Jason’s song “Undercover” for his latest CD.
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