Downtown Sounds

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

Downtown Sounds
Studio album by
Grant Stewart
RecordedDecember 27, 1992
StudioRPM Sound, New York City, New York
GenreJazz
Length59:56
LabelCriss Cross

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
SourceRating
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

References
  1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1343. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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.
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