Downtown Sounds
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Downtown Sounds is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart.
| Downtown Sounds | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Recorded | December 27, 1992 |
| Studio | RPM Sound, New York City, New York |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 59:56 |
| Label | Criss Cross |
Background
This was Stewart's first album as leader.[1]
Music and recording
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "tough-tender hard bop, played with intelligence and resolutely unsurprising."[1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [1] |
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