Downtown Sounds

Downtown Sounds
Studio album by Grant Stewart
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.[1]

Music and recording

The album was recorded on December 27, 1992, in New York City.[2] Stewart was 21 at the time.[3]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "tough-tender hard bop, played with intelligence and resolutely unsurprising."[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[1]

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

References

1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1343. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
2. "Grant Stewart Quintet – Downtown Sounds". Criss Cross Jazz. Retrieved December 8, 2106.
3. Stewart, Zan (March 17, 1995) "Urgency and Sweetness a la Sonny Rollins". Los Angeles Times
4. "Grant Stewart – Downtown Sounds". AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2016.