Grant Stewart Quintet

Expansive, luminous sound, virtuosic technique, deep melodic imagination

and unerring swing.
 

“What separates Stewart from so many of his peers stuck in the quicksand of hard bop nostalgia is the sheer creative spark and spontaneity of his solos. When Stewart gets hot the questions of individuality evaporate amid the in-the moment thrills of his invention.” - Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press

Grant Stewart - saxophone
Ron Stout - trumpet
Tardo Hammer - piano
David Wong - bass
Lewis Nash - drums
 

For over a quarter of a century Grant Stewart has been a driving force on the New York City jazz scene. With his signature tone and boundless creativity he has mesmerized audiences worldwide and influenced a generation of saxophonists.

Stewart has released eighteen recordings as a leader on American, Canadian, European and Japanese record labels. The highlights of which are his most recent releases on Cellar Live Records; Rise and Shine (2020), Roll On (2017), Grant Stewart Trio (2015), In the Still of the Night on Sharp Nine Records (2007), Young at Heart (2008) Grant Stewart Plays the Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (2009) and Around The Corner (2010). He also has co-led two sessions with fellow tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander on the Criss Cross label and has appeared on many other recordings as a sideman. His complete discography is available at www.grantstewartjazz.com

In 2013, Stewart’s Live at Smalls release won the prestigious German Critics Award for best Jazz Recording. He has been in the Downbeat Critic’s Poll numerous times and the subject of features in countless major jazz publications and international papers and magazines.

He has performed internationally with Barry Harris, Jimmy Cobb, Harold Mabern, Louis Hayes, Curtis Fuller, Renee Fleming, Clark Terry, Bob Mover, Etta Jones, Bill Charlap, Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Brad Mehldau, Russell Malone, Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Harry Connick, Bucky Pizzarelli, Mickey Roker, Jimmy Lovelace, Cecil Payne, Dick Hymen, Herb Geller and was a member of the last Al Grey Sextet. In New York, Stewart can be found playing at such clubs as Smalls, Lincoln Center, Birdland, SMOKE, The Kitano, The Jazz Standard and many more. Stewart has performed all over North America and Europe as well as in Uruguay, Brazil, Japan, China and Taiwan.

Stewart has also branched out into the world of classical music composition and has recently released his first large 8 movement Requiem for unaccompanied choir and his Three Pieces for Orchestra is set to have its World premiere in the US and Canada in the 2021/2022 season.