Next Spring Grant Stewart

• 1 Next Spring 07:33
• 2 Kiss & Run 05:38
• 3 Nefertiti 05:36
• 4 Father Flanagan 06:04
• 5 I Know That You Know 05:00
• 6 May In June 06:52
• 7 Introspection 07:58
• 8 I Won't Dance 08:01
• 9 There's No You 04:54
• Total Runtime 57:36

Info for Next Spring

World-renowned tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart is known for his rich tone, swinging phrasing, and deep connection to the jazz tradition. Next Spring is his 5th album for Cellar Music. He is joined by three of his favorite players; Tardo Hammer on piano, Paul Sikivie on bass and Phil Stewart on drums.

"Saxophonist Grant Stewart admires the music and sound of Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. So, it is no surprise that his deep tone, fluid phrasing and his choice of tunes, not to mention a top-notch rhythm section, dominates Next Spring, a release that is truly in the tradition." (Abe Goldstien, papatamusredux.com)

Grant Stewart, tenor saxophone
Tardo Hammer, piano
Paul Sikivie, bass
Phil Stewart, drums

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on November 3rd, 2024
Engineered by Maureen Sickler
Mixed and Mastered by Shawn Pierce
Produced by Grant Stewart and Cory Weeds
Executive Producer: Cory Weeds

Grant Stewart
was born in Toronto, Canada, on June 4, 1971, and moved to New York City at the age of nineteen studying with masters such as Donald Byrd and Barry Harris. He has performed internationally with 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, Mickey Roker, Jimmy Lovelace, Cecil Payne, Dick Hymen, Herb Geller and was a member of the last Al Grey Sextet.

Stewart has released sixteen recordings as a leader, the highlights of which are his most recent release Grant Stewart Trio on Cellar Live Records and his award winning Live At Smalls (2012), released on Smalls Live Records, In the Still of the Night (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.

From 2008 until 2015, Stewart has been voted a “rising star on the tenor” in the Downbeat Critic’s Poll and was the subject of a feature in the July/August 2009 issue of JazzTimes magazine. Downbeat magazine has also featured Grant in its the December 2008 issue in a piece written by noted jazz writer Ted Panken. On the international front Stewart was named one of the top 3 tenor saxophonists and as number 7 jazz artist of the year by the noted jazz magazine Swing Journal in its 2009 poll.

This album contains no booklet.