Stewart, Leroy Eliot "Slam" (1914-1987)
Item
Title
Stewart, Leroy Eliot "Slam" (1914-1987)
Subject
Description
Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart was a jazz musician who was born in Englewood. He was raised in the city’s predominately African American neighborhood known as “Little Texas” or just “Texas.” He attended Dwight Morrow High School where he began playing string bass and the Boston Conservatory. By the late 1930s, he formed a popular Jazz act called “Slim and Slam.” The group had a big hit in 1938 with “Flat Foot Floogie.” Stewart went on to play with the Jazz greats including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, and many more. Stewart stayed rooted in his Englewood community and performed concerts for his friends and neighbors at the Social Services Federation’s Memorial House.
Creator
William Gottleib
Source
"Leroy 'Slam' Stewart, 73; was jazz great." The Record, 13 Dec. 1987, p. A-34.
"Slam Stewart." The Journal Herald, 8 Jan. 1949, p. 13.
"Slam Stewart." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundations, 1 Apr. 2024.
Library of Congress
"Local Resident Works In Films." The Record, March 10, 1942.
Date
Portrait of Slam Stewart, Three Deuces(?), New York, N.Y
circa September 1946
circa September 1946
Rights
Public Domain
Birth Date
1914-09-21
Birthplace
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Death Date
1987-12-10
Occupation
Source of File Attached
"Slam Stewart." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundations, 1 Apr. 2024.
Collection
Citation
William Gottleib, “Stewart, Leroy Eliot "Slam" (1914-1987),” Englewood Makes History, accessed October 1, 2026, https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/items/show/733.
