Jazz Articles about Grant Stewart

Grant Stewart: Grant Stewart + 4

by AAJ Staff
December 5, 2005

Grant Stewart is a young Canadian tenor saxophonist with a big, burly sound and plenty of drive. On Grant Stewart + 4, he demonstrates his command of both his instrument and the hard bop idiom. He swings without pretense and his top-shelf sidemen move things along with considerable brio.

Stewart's improvisations are marked by long, rolling lines and heated swing. He displays a cohesive sense of invention even at the fastest tempos, as on “Limehouse Blues," for example. And while ...