Unknown Rivers

An omnipresent and galvanizing force on the music scene, Stewart is a leader or co-leader of such bands as Irreversible Entanglements - whose Protect Your Light DownBeat called "a fascinating work of art whose existence is exactly what it's supposed to be, perfectly in place on the great curve of the universe" - along with his Exposure Quintet, Blacks' Myths, Heart of the Ghost, and Remembrance Quintet.

Also named by DownBeat as one of "Twenty-Five Performers Who Could Shape Jazz for Decades," he is also among the most in-demand collaborators, having performed with the likes of David Murray, Archie Shepp, Wadada Leo Smith, Nicole Mitchell, Moor Mother, Jaimie Branch, Nate Wooley, William Hooker, Ken Vandermark, Marshall Allen, Gary Bartz, Billy Hart, Shabaka, Hamid Drake, Douglas Ewart, and countless others.