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."Grant Stewart Quintet – Downtown Sounds". Criss Cross Jazz. Retrieved December 8, 2016. Stewart was 21 at the time.Stewart, Zan (March 17, 1995) "Urgency and Sweetness a la Sonny Rollins". Los Angeles Times
Reception The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "tough-tender hard bop, played with intelligence and resolutely unsurprising."
Track listing "Audobahn" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:20 "Smada" (Billy Strayhorn) – 7:53 "Daydream" (Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John La Touche) – 7:36 "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 7:00 "A Bee Has Two Brains" (Johnny Ellis) – 8:03 "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare) – 8:06 "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 7:48 "Ko-Ko" (Charlie Parker) – 8:08
Personnel Grant Stewart – tenor sax Joe Magnarelli – trumpet Brad Mehldau – piano Peter Washington – bass Kenny Washington – drums
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