Downtown Sounds

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

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

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