Tom Stewart, Jazz Guitarist's, Biography

Tom was born in Tampa, Florida in 1966. His family
moved to Boca Raton, Florida, where he grew up. As
a young child Tom took piano lessons, but later
switched to guitar. After high school, he went to the
University of Florida, then transferred to Boston's
prestigious Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, he
studied jazz and concentrated on classical
composition. He graduated from Berklee, cum laude,
in 1990.

After Berklee, Tom attended law school in California
and graduated in 1993. He first worked for Legal
Services in Dothan, Alabama, representing the poor.
Moving into private practice as a trial attorney, Tom
represented some of America's largest, most
well-known corporations and insurance companies.

Tom always pursued his original passions: writing and
playing jazz. In 2003, he decided to leave the practice
of law to work full time as a musician. In 2006, he
released his debut trio CD, "First Time Over."

Tom lives in the Tampa Bay area with his beloved
wife, Sandy. He is busy practicing, writing,
performing and recording jazz.

Biography