Downtown Sounds


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. Stewart was 21 at the time.

Reception

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

Track listing

  1. "Audobahn" – 5:20
  2. "Smada" – 7:53
  3. "Daydream" – 7:36
  4. "From This Moment On" – 7:00
  5. "A Bee Has Two Brains" – 8:03
  6. "Sweet and Lovely" – 8:06
  7. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 7:48
  8. "Ko-Ko" – 8:08

Personnel