Bill Stewart featuring Walter mith III and Larry Grenadier - Live at The Village Vanguard (2025) [24/96]

“I sat very near to or next to the greats at the Village Vanguard on many occasions,” says the eminent drummer-composer-bandleader Bill Stewart, by way of contextualizing his - and the Criss Cross label’s – first-ever live-at-the-Vanguard recording. During his early years in New York, before he ever played the hallowed basement, Stewart, now 58, frequently arrived early to claim the behind-the-drumkit position on the red banquette that runs along the Vanguard’s west wall all the way to bandstand stage right to get a bird’s eye view of Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, Billy Higgins, and a host of other masters whose recordings he’d played along with as an adolescent and teenage aspirant in Des Moines, Iowa.

“When you sit close, you get the body language, the whole vibe of the drummer who you want to check out,” Stewart says. “That’s the place.”

TRACKLIST

1. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - Ten Foot Two
2. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - Purple Veil
3. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - Mynah
4. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - Turquoise
5. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - Space Acres
6. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - See Ya
7. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - How Long Is Jazz
8. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - Ace
9. Bill Stewart featuring Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier - 7.5



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