Downtown Sounds Explained

Downtown Sounds
Type:	Album
Artist:	Grant Stewart
Border:	yes
Recorded:	December 27, 1992
Studio:	RPM Sound, New York City, New York
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	59:56
Label:	Criss Cross

Downtown Sounds is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart.

Background

This was Stewart's first album as leader.

Music and recording

The album was recorded on December 27, 1992, in New York City.^[1] Stewart was 21 at the time.^[2]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "tough-tender hard bop, played with intelligence and resolutely unsurprising."

Track listing

1. "Audobahn" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:20
2. "Smada" (Billy Strayhorn) – 7:53
3. "Daydream" (Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John La Touche) – 7:36
4. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 7:00
5. "A Bee Has Two Brains" (Johnny Ellis) – 8:03
6. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare) – 8:06
7. "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 7:48
8. "Ko-Ko" (Charlie Parker) – 8:08

Personnel

• Grant Stewart – tenor sax
• Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
• Brad Mehldau – piano
• Peter Washington – bass
• Kenny Washington – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1085.html "Grant Stewart Quintet – Downtown Sounds"
2. Stewart, Zan (March 17, 1995) "Urgency and Sweetness a la Sonny Rollins". Los Angeles Times