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" (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