Grant Stewart

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Grant Stewart performing at the 2018 Copenhagen Jazz Festival

Grant Stewart (born June 4, 1971 in Toronto ) is a Canadian jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , composition ) who plays in the hard bop tradition.

Live and act

Stewart was introduced to the music of Charlie Parker , Wardell Gray and Coleman Hawkins by his father, a high school English teacher and semi-professional guitarist . Father and son often played together; Through these early experiences and his father's encouragement, Stewart initially developed a feel for melody, style, and improvisation; he began playing the alto saxophone at the age of 10, and at 14 his first teacher, Pete Schofield, invited him to play professionally in Schofield's Big Band . At 17 he switched to the tenor saxophone and soon played with musicians such as Pat LaBarbera and Bob Mover . Stewart sees Mover as one of his most important influences alongside Sonny Rollins , John Coltrane , Don Byas and Lester Young . Since moving to New York City at the age of 19, Stewart et al. a. with Donald Byrd , Barry Harris, and Joe Lovano ; he has performed with Curtis Fuller , Jon Hendricks , Clark Terry , Etta Jones , Bill Charlap and Frank Gant . Stewart currently leads a quartet with Tardo Hammer (piano), Dezron Douglas (bass) and Phil Stewart (drums); he also plays with the Johnny O'Neal Trio and is a member of Ai Murakami's quartet .

Stewart's first recordings were made in Toronto in 1992 with Norman Marshall Villeneuve ( Jazz Message ); At the end of the same year he recorded his debut album Downtown Sounds in New York with Joe Magnarelli , Brad Mehldau , Peter Washington and Kenny Washington , which was followed by other albums under his own name, among others. a. at Criss Cross Jazz and Sharp Nine. In addition, he cultivated the cooperation u. a. with Omer Avital , Mike Melito , Spike Wilner , Ryan Kisor , Eric Alexander , John Marshall , Nicolas Rageau , Bob Sneider & Joe Locke , Ehud Asherie , John Swana , Harry Allen ’s All Star New York Saxophone Band , Bruce Harris , Giacomo Gates and Clovis Nicolas . In the field of jazz he was involved in 56 recording sessions between 1992 and 2017.

His album Live at Smalls was included in the quarterly list of the best of the German Record Critics ' Prize in 2013 .

Discographic notes

Grant Stewart at the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este 2018
  • Dexterity featuring Grant Stewart: Live at Altxerri (Discmedi. 2003), with Xavier Monge (p), Ignasi Gonzalez (kb), Esteve Pi (dr)
  • Eric Alexander & Grant Stewart. Wailin ' ( Criss Cross Jazz , 2004), with David Hazeltine , Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
  • Grant Stewart + 4 (Criss Cross Jazz, 2004) with Bill Charlap, Joe Cohn , Paul Gill , Willie Jones, III
  • Reeds and Deeds: Cookin ' (Crisss Cross Jazz, 2005), with Eric Alexander, David Hazeltine, John Webber , Joe Farnsworth
  • In the Still of the Night (Sharp Nine, 2006), with Tardo Hammer, Peter Washington, Joe Farnsworth
  • Shadow of Your Smile (Birds, 2007), with Tardo Hammer, Peter Bernstein, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash
  • Young at Heart (Sharp Nine, 2007), with Tardo Hammer, Peter Washington, Joe Farnsworth
  • Recado Bossa Nova (3D, 2008), with Tardo Hammer, Joe Cohn, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash
  • Plays the Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Sharp Nine, 2009), with Tardo Hammer, Paul Gill, Joe Farnsworth
  • Plays Jazz Ballads (Sharp Nine, 2009), with David Hazeltine, Peter Bernstein , Peter Washington, Phil Stewart
  • St. Thomas - Plays Sonny Rollins (Birds, 2010), with David Hazeltine, Peter Washington, Phil Stewart
  • Around the Corner (Sharp Nine, 2010), with Peter Bernstein, Peter Washington, Phil Stewart
  • Grant Stewart With Tardo Hammer: Live at Smalls (Smalls, 2012), with David Wong , Phil Stewart
  • Trio (Cellar Live, 2014), with Paul Sikivie , Phil Stewart
  • Roll On (Cellar Live, 2016), with Paul Sikivie, Phil Stewart

Web links

Commons : Grant Stewart  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Ramon: Grant Stewart: The Sound of Hard Bop Today. All About Jazz , August 8, 2012, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Grant Stewart. Smalls, July 1, 2019, accessed July 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 1, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Stewart, Grant
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz musician (saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto