Last fall I went out to Brooklyn to hear tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart record his new CD, Young at Heart (Sharp Nine Records). Afterward, producer Marc Edelman asked me to write the album’s liner notes. Considering that Ira Gitler wrote the notes to Grant’s previous album, I couldn’t resist.
What hits you immediately about Grant’s playing is his big, b…
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