Grant Stewart

[CarlSeibert]

Plays the Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Stereophile went gaga over this album. They gave it 4 1/2 stars for performance and five for sound.

I checked it out on Lala and it does sound worth a serious listen. Can't speak to the five stars for sound part, since I only listened to a stream on my laptop speakers.

Lala has this embed code feature with which I can allegedly post a player. (crossing fingers)

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Naw. Guess that doesn't work in forum posts.

Here's a permalink. Maybe that will work better.

Lala - Where music plays

Edited February 20, 2010 by CarlSeibert
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[Torpedo]

Hadn't heard of him before. Lala won't work outside the US, so I'm checking him through Spotify. They don't have that album, but listening to this other one:

which is his debut album. Plays with Mehldau and Magnarelli (tr) and I'm liking what I'm hearing Thanks for the head up.

[Bossman]

New poster here. I bought this CD based upon Tom Conrad's review in Stereophile and it does not disappoint. While Systems Two in Brooklyn always produces excellent sound this particular CD is a cut above due to the tonal quality that Grant Stewart produces from his horn in combination with the excellent audio engineering. This CD is not as loud as most new CDs and I think this is because a minimum of compression is used, thus increasing the dynamic range of the recording.