Australian guitarist Alex Stuart moved to Paris in 2005. In 2010, his quartet released the album Around ("Révélation Jazz Magazine/Jazzman", 4 stars in The Australian). Before Around, his first album Waves, was recorded in Sydney in 2005 ("strong music from an emerging talent" - Mal Stanley ABC Classic FM Australia). In July 2011, the ‘Alex Stuart Quartet’ won the "Révélation 2011 de Jazz à Juan" and took away the Jury Prize. The group has played at numerous festivals and clubs around the world including Jazz à l'Ouest, Jazz en Touraine, Wangaratta Jazz Festival, Pune Jazz Utsav, Jazz à Juan, Odemira Jazz Festival, Congo Square Jazz Fest, Jazz Contreband, Festiva’son, Jazz à Frontenay, Goa Heritage Jazz Festival, The Blue Frog Mumbai, The Sunset/Sunside, The Baiser Salé, Bennetts Lane, ANU School of Music... In 2013, Stuart was nominated for the Freedman Fellowship (prize for the best young talents of  Australian jazz). He released his third album 'Place to Be' to critical acclaim in 2014 hailed as "Undoubtedly one of the best jazz albums of the year" "5 stars" (Nouvelle Vague), "An absolutely superb album" (Alex Dutilh, France Musique), "A compact, virile, homogenous group sound" (Jazz Magazine)... Stuart plays and has played with Alula, Collektor, Banville/Pysz/Stuart, Guillaume Perret, Jérome Regard, Moonlight Benjamin, Julien Wilson, Brice Wassy, Bruno Angelini, Munir Hossn, Remi Vignolo and many more…